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Understanding how international students navigate VCE curriculum
Delan Lin Image: Charlotte May, Pexel Australia talks about international education as a national success story. The numbers support that view. International education generated almost AUD 55 billion in export income in 2025. Yet most public discussion, policy attention, and research still centres on universities. International students in secondary schools are much less visible. […]
Disengagement: are we ready to listen to students now?
John Kole This was originally published on EduResearch Matters CC BY-ND 4.0 Australia is worried about student attendance, student wellbeing, classroom behaviour and educational equity. Governments and schools often respond through attendance targets, behaviour strategies and intervention programs. These responses can be useful, but they also risk locating the problem within the student. Based on […]
Australia’s early childhood teacher shortage: Qualifications alone are not enough
Xiaofang Lainie Shang Photo by Pavel Danilyuk Australia’s ongoing shortage of early childhood teachers (ECTs) has received growing policy attention over the past decade. Governments have introduced scholarships, accelerated teaching pathways, migration incentives, and financial supports aimed at attracting more people into the profession. International students have increasingly become part of this workforce […]
The death of life on campus
Jonathan O’Donnell Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Every Wednesday, we run Shut Up and Write on the Burwood campus. If you aren’t familiar with Shut Up and Write, it is one of those simple but brilliant ideas. Here’s how it works: We come together in a café on campus–coffee is a necessary pre-condition […]
Arts-based Pedagogy for Inclusive Education
Jo-Anne Britt The journey As I write this blog post after submitting my PhD and as my retirement day approaches, I am contemplating my last three weeks teaching in a primary school. Over the last 40 years in primary schools, I have been fortunate to have taught in schools that have valued the importance […]
Unpacking the Victorian phonics mandate
Penny Harry Reading is often a ‘hot topic’ but a new debate is currently unfolding in Australia. The 2024 Reading Guarantee report by the Grattan Institute states that Australia has failed our children and that one in three are lacking the essential skills required to read. The Victorian Government has since released the Victorian […]
TCAP hosted symposium: pressing issues in curriculum, assessment and pedagogy
Rebecca Cairns A quick search of recent headlines concerning Australian education reveals issues around phonics, NAPLAN, First Nations histories and perspectives, languages education, GenAI and so-called ‘culture wars’ around ‘woke’ curriculum are attracting public and political attention. While this snapshot reflects something of the 2025 educational zeitgeist–a federal election year–I wondered to what […]
Practice architectures that influence group story reading in early childhood settings
Delle Ritchie TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects My PhD research aims to explore how the interplay between practice-belief-engagement may add to understandings of group story reading for practising teachers and further research in this field. This study will investigate the positive and/or detrimental outcomes that may […]
Using art history and art making to develop historical consciousness of the body in a high school History classroom
Pip Boettcher TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects It was wonderful to have the opportunity to present my work to Sarah Firth, who created a graphic recording of my PhD research to date. Collaborating with Sarah in a relaxed conversational manner, where she was able to ask questions […]
Exploring the relationships between critical reflection and teacher agency
Tom Mahoney TCAP HDR members reflect on the graphic recording of their projects It was a privilege to have the opportunity to share my research with Sarah Firth. Sarah was able to distill the core essence of my research, which aims to explore the relationship between critical reflection on educational ideologies and teacher agency, […]