Teacher Magazine (ACER)

Teacher Magazine (ACER)

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July 21, 2026 1 min
How well is the outdoor space in your school serving students and staff? In this episode of The Research Files, Dominique Beech speaks with Dr Gweneth Leigh and Hannah Richardson from the University of Canberra about their 2-year study into outdoor spaces in secondary school settings, which resulted in plenty of practical tools for educators. Hear the full episode out tomorrow!
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In this episode of The Research Files, Teacher editor Jo Earp is joined by Mason Zhou and Professor Dot Dumuid to talk about a South Australian study into the impact of secondary school transition on student wellbeing. One of the key findings is it’s not a short-term dip – students may be struggling in their second year, too. Host: Jo Earp Guests: Mason Zhou, Professor Dot Dumuid
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Recently on Teacher, we shared the news of the inaugural winner of the Global Schools Prize. Lebanon’s The Alsama Project – an education organisation supporting displaced Syrian and Palestinian teenagers to remain engaged in education – has taken home the US $500,000 in prize money to scale its impact globally. The Global Schools Prize is an initiative of the Varkey Foundation that aims to recognise and celebrate ...
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Recently the winner of the Global Schools Prize was announced – chosen from over 3,000 nominations. Excitingly, Australia’s Larrakeyah Primary School in Darwin were named as a finalist for the prize. In this episode, Dominique Beech is joined by Fathma Mauger to hear all about the custom-built AI writing platform they were recognised for. Hear the full episode out tomorrow!
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AI tools are becoming more embedded in students’ lives. As a result, teachers, leaders and school systems are asking: What does this mean for teaching and learning, and how should we respond? At Teacher, we know this is a topic that educators are seeking practical support on, and so this month, we’ve published a range of articles to help. In today’s Teacher Staffroom episode, we’ll take you through the key h...
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Welcome to Episode 109 of The Research Files, and I've actually got 2 guests with me today – Professor Sandra Gatenhoff, Academic Lead Learning and Teaching in the School of Creative Arts at Queensland University of Technology, that's QUT of course, and Dr John Nicholas Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Education at Australian Catholic University, that's ACU. Now, their study was featured in the recent Australian Journal of Educat...
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In this podcast, Dominique Beech hears from Joanna Baker, Head of Campus at Haileybury Pangea – the fully online campus of Haileybury, and independent co-educational school. The online campus serves approximately 180 students from a range of backgrounds across Australia and in this episode we hear all about what it’s like to teach students in a virtual classroom setting. Host: Dominique Beech Guest: Joanna Baker
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EDUtech is one of the largest and most prominent education and technology events on our calendar for 2026, and each year it brings together educators, school leaders and EdTech providers across K-12, higher education, and the vocational sectors. Over 2 days last week, we were there in Sydney to have conversations with the education community and hear from local and international speakers. As you’ll hear in this episode, we h...
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Understanding how children learn and develop in the early years is key to supporting strong educational outcomes and lifelong wellbeing. Last month, the OECD released findings from the 2025 Early Learning and Child Well-being Study, or IELS, the first internationally comparable study designed to measure how children are learning and developing at age 5. The study looks across 3 key domains: foundational learning, executive function...
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As a listener of the Teacher podcast, you’ll know we love to speak with school staff about the incredible work they’re doing in their school settings to improve student outcomes. Equally, though, we know our audience are keen to hear from experts in the field and about important research updates. This month on Teacher, we’ve been busy covering the news of the new International Early Learning and Child Wellbeing St...
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In this podcast special, Dominique Beech sits down with Dr Dan Edwards, Acting Head of ACER's Student Learning and Progress Division, to talk about the future of assessment. He shares his insights on how assessment can support students at key transition points across K-12, the impact of AI, and more.
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In today's episode of School Improvement, we're going to hear all about the Questions for Thinking program (also known as Q4T) – the professional learning program in place at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. We're joined by Gus Humphries, the Q4T lead at the school. Gus is also a Humanities and Politics teacher and has been an educator for 20 years. If his name, or the name of Q4T, sounds familiar to you, it might be be...
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Here at Teacher magazine, we are lucky to have the opportunity to work with experts across all areas of education. We interview them for articles, record podcasts with them, accept submissions they’ve written specifically for our readers, and share exclusive excerpts from their books. This month on Teacher, we have published so many pieces of content from those working in the sector, and we're excited to share more with you i...
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Professor Alex Bowers from New York joins Dominique Beech to discuss his research into school leadership types and teacher professional development needs. The conversation covers the alignment of perceptions between teachers and principals regarding school leadership, his innovative idea for re-organising how we target professional development, and more. Host: Dominique Russell Guest: Professor Alex Bowers
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We’re going to be talking all about improving induction – for both early career teachers and school leaders. Our guest today is Tim Bullard, CEO of AITSL – the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. We’re talking all about their latest Spotlight evidence summaries. Part 1 – Improving Induction for Early Career Teachers explores evidence-based approaches to strengthening teacher induct...
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Our guest on today’s podcast is Kayla Borg from St Mary’s Primary School in Whittlesea, Victoria. She shares how she went about co designing a podcast lesson for her year 5 and 6 students in partnership with the eSmart team at the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, what her students learned from this experience, and why real world, student led digital learning can have such a powerful ripple effect across the entire sch...
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In our latest reader survey – which we run annually to give our audience the opportunity to let us know about their experiences in the education sector and how we can better support your professional practice through our content – you let us know that you’d like more content on the topic of curriculum implementation. We’ve been hard at work having a look at this on Teacher in the first few months of 2026, an...
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Today, we're delighted to welcome Mandy Nayton, Educational and Developmental Psychologist and Chief Executive Officer of the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation. Our conversation is going to delve into all things phonics, word study, vocabulary skills, and more. Along the way, Mandy will share a range of practical examples, discuss how this work might look across K-12, and you might even learn a new word along the way, just like I did. Hos...
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In this episode, we’re talking about a whole school approach to wellbeing. Our guest is Dr Alexandra Hennessey, from the Manchester Institute of Education at the University of Manchester in the UK. Dr Hennessey and colleagues have explored how different schools in the UK have adopted the Well Schools framework – now, that’s a project started by the Youth Sport Trust in 2020. The findings of the study have been pub...
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We're joined by St Columba Anglican School Principal Allan Guihot and Director of Professional Learning Chris Delaney. They’re in Port Macquarie, on the New South Wales North Coast, and the school is a member of the award-winning Teaching School Hubs program from Independent Schools New South Wales (ISNSW). The program brings together schools and partner universities to provide teacher trainees with regular, mentored experien...
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