New study reveals impact of Highly Accomplished Lead Teachers
A study examining the impact of a pioneering group of nationally certified Queensland independent school teachers has revealed their potential to play a greater role in shaping school-wide classroom teaching practices and improvement agendas. In an article published in The Educator, C4IE’s A/Prof Jill Willis Associate Professor Willis…
Access to school counsellors
In this radio interview with 2SER, Professor Marilyn Campbell discusses gaps in support services in schools, including access to school counsellors. You can listen to the full interview here.…
How psychologically safe are school lockdown drills for students?
C4IE Members Professor Marilyn Campbell discuses the research that she and colleagues A/Prof Beth Saggers, A/Prof Adrian Kelly and Dr Callula Killingly have recently published in Journal of School Health. Read the Education HQ article here…
New Research Reveals when School Teachers Perform at their Best
A news article published by the Daily telegraph highlights research led by C4IE Director Professor Linda Graham. Professor Graham’s research finds no evidence to support the commonly held belief that new teachers are less competent than their more experienced counterparts. Professor Graham advocates for better support and professional…
Half of our unis don’t have bullying policies for students. This is what they need to protect them
“Students are heading off to universities around Australia, whether for the first time or as returning students, with expectations of a year of learning, making friends and enjoyable socialising. For some students this will not be the case. Bullying by other students continues to be a serious but neglected problem at Australian…
Technology experts say a blanket ban on mobile phones in Gold Coast state high schools isn’t the answer, parents must step up
“We’ve got to be able to teach children to have a moral compass. Banning phones in schools is just simplistic, authoritarian and totally unnecessary.” – C4IE member Professor Marilyn Campbell adds to the debate over the use of mobile phones in Gold Coast’s state high schools. Read more here…
Farewell Maralyn Parker
During her role as EduResearch Matters Blog editor, Maralyn Parker has worked with many C4IE members. In this AARE EduMatters blog post, C4IE Director Professor Linda Graham discusses Maralyn’s commitment to education and insightful understanding of public interest and research. Read more here…
'A very blunt sword': exclusionary discipline for kids with disability must end
In this Education HQ article, Professor Linda Graham, C4IE Director, describes how concurrent factors such as learning at home during the pandemic and evidence presented at the Disability Royal Commission have heightened issues of neglect, abuse and exploitation of students with disability. Read the full article here…
Differentiation is in our schools to stay. What is it? And why are most criticisms of it just plain wrong?
C4IE Director Professor Linda Graham and C4IE member Dr Carly Lassig, along with Dr Kate de Bruin and Associate Professor Ilektra Spandagou discuss what differentiation is and outline the findings of a recent scoping review of 20 years of research on differentiation, in a recent AARE blog . Read the AARE blog here…
No, Education Minister, we don’t have enough evidence to support banning mobile phones in schools
Last week, South Australia announced a mobile phone ban in primary schools. Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan endorsed the ban. Read this piece in The Conversation by Professor Marilyn Campbell that responds to this decision…