The artwork is by Tashi, a street artist and graphics student RMIT University . It is based on a photograph of an installation at Canberra Museum and Gallery, the creator of which is unknown but whom we gratefully acknowledge. … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
STEM teaching patchy
14/12/2012 By
The Australian | 14 December 2012 Engineering faculties were singled out for special disfavour according to the Interests and Recruitment in Science study, conducted in late 2011 for chief scientist Ian Chubb. The report showed only 56% of 3500 respondents thought their lecturers "actually cared' whether or not their students learned. Less than half received personal feedback from them and tutors and for students at Group of Eight universities the figure was less than 40%. Students from 30 Australian universities took part in the study which had a particular focus on how young women fared in physics, information technology and engineering. However, 82% said … [Read more...]
