Would-be teachers face personality testing

08/11/2013 by
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The Age     |       7  November 2013 At Melbourne University, aspiring teachers must now navigate an online test that looks for personality traits that will help them get the most from their training. This year about 1500 students with undergraduate qualifications used the survey tool, which also tests verbal communication and numerical ability.  Only about a quarter of the applicants who took the test will be accepted. Students who want to graduate as teachers from Melbourne University must complete postgraduate qualifications in education. Melbourne University education professor John Hattie said the test assesses a broad range of traits from extroversion and agreeableness to … [Read more...]

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CDU’s new suite of “quality assured” education courses

10/04/2013 by
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CDU News    |    8 April 2013 Charles Darwin University says a suite of education programs its offering this semester is among the first in Australia to align with new national quality standards. Each of the five undergraduate courses underwent a rigorous evaluation process before being accredited by the Northern Territory Teacher Registration Board on behalf of the Australian Institute of Teachers and School Leaders. The new four-year programs include a Bachelor of Education (Primary), a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Health and Physical Education, a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Music, a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) … [Read more...]

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Commonwealth’s plan to improve teacher training

17/03/2013 by
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Commonwealth Media Centre    |    11   March   2013 Following on from the announcement of  the NSW's government plan to "lift the bar" onteacher training, the Commonwealth governmen thas announced its own plan to introduce new, more rigorous standards for teacher training courses to improve the quality of teachers graduating from universities and being employed in Australian schools. The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Chris Bowen MP, and the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett MP, announced the new standards as part of the National Plan for School Improvement. Under the proposal, teaching degrees will have to introduce an improved admissions … [Read more...]

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The Scan Main Edition 8 March 2013

08/03/2013 by

No.109 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The polytech movement gathers pace Encouraged by remarks by the Commonwealth minister that he’s looking afresh at tertiary “inter-connectedness”, five tertiary institutions* are proposing a national network that brings together the strengths of TAFE and higher education traditions, enabling degrees to be studied initially at TAFE institute campuses in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Students would  be able to study degrees in face-to-face, online or blended modes, with extra support depending on their needs and requirements of the course.....[READ MORE].... Teaching … [Read more...]

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Teacher training “at the crossroads”

08/03/2013 by

The Age    |     1 March 2013 Universities in Victoria have been accused by school principals of allowing teacher-trainees to graduate despite failing their final practice rounds in schools. For most student teachers, this is in the fourth year of their bachelor of education degree. Around Australia, school leaders and state governments have been highly critical of education faculties that lower entry standards to admit too many students and then fail to provide the training and classroom experience they need. This year, more than 100,000 Australians are undertaking education degrees and diplomas in the nation's higher education institutions – up by 10,000 since 2009. An estimated … [Read more...]

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NSW to “lift bar” for teacher training

08/03/2013 by
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The Australian    |      6 March 2013 Student teachers  in NSW will sit mandatory literacy and numeracy tests before being allowed into classrooms, while only school leavers who score above 80 in three subjects will make it into university courses, as part  are part of  sweeping reforms designed to improve the quality of teachers in NSW (Great Teaching, Inspired Learning). Announcing the reforms, NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli  said the public, independent and Catholic sectors are working on their responses. School leavers wanting to study education at university will need HSC band 5 results in a minimum of three subjects, one of which must be English, in what Piccoli said … [Read more...]

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Education faculties slammed over poor results

14/12/2012 by

The Australian    |    13 December 2012 University education faculties and state education departments have been singled singled out to shoulder some responsibility for the shockingly poor results for Australian primary students in international reading, maths and science tests. The tests reveal that about 25% of students in Year 4 failed to meet the minimum standard while students' results in maths and science have stagnated during the past 16 years. Kevin Wheldall, a leading researcher in the teaching of reading, accused university faculties and education departments of stubbornly refusing to accept the evidence of the most effective way to teach reading. Wheldall, a member of … [Read more...]

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Teacher training might cost a “bomb”

04/09/2012 by
Teacher

The Australian    4 September 2012 In her response to the Gonski Report, Julia Gillard flagged new requirements for trainees to spend more time in front of classes before they graduate. Instead of new teachers floundering or drifting away from teaching, they will be equipped for the classroom though practical experience during training and two years of support once in school. But Stephen Dinham, chairman of teacher education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, says that, while the idea is laudable, it could cost universities dearly because of an unusual industrial agreement.   Education faculties have to pay teachers $21 a day for every trainee teacher they supervise at their … [Read more...]

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NSW “blueprint” to lift teaching standards

01/08/2012 by
Teacher

The Australian   30 July 2012     Australian Financial Review    30 July 2012 Aspiring teachers will have to study maths and science at school, and meet minimum entry scores, to qualify for a limited number of places in education degrees at university under reforms proposed by the NSW government.  University courses would also be assessed for the quality of graduates they produce, and employers could preference new teachers from those degrees with a track record of producing quality graduates. Universities have been criticised for low entry requirements for education degrees.  Teaching attracted the highest proportion of applicants with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of below 50 … [Read more...]

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