Five Challenges in Australian School Education. Policy Insights, Issue #5

Autor/in	Masters, Geoff N.
Institution	Australian Council for Educational Research
Titel	Five Challenges in Australian School Education. Policy Insights, Issue #5
Quelle	(2016), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2204-6631
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Equal Education; Underachievement; Academic Achievement; Early Intervention; Teaching (Occupation); Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Mathematics Skills; Socioeconomic Status; At Risk Students; Low Achievement; Child Development; Career Choice; Skill Development; Literacy; Reading Achievement; Science Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Educational Indicators; Critical Thinking; Problem Solving; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teamwork; Academic Standards; Teacher Competencies; School Effectiveness; Student Needs; Progress Monitoring; Early Childhood Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Faculty Development; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Schulleistung; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Kindesentwicklung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathematical ability; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Kritisches Denken; Problemlösen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lehrkunst; Schuleffizienz; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Australien
Abstract	There is no shortage of challenges in school education. Some of the biggest challenges we face can appear frustratingly intractable. Despite reform efforts, regular government reviews and ongoing calls for change, progress in addressing our most significant challenges is often slow and solutions continue to elude us. In this paper Professor Geoff Masters discusses five significant challenges facing school education: (1) Equipping students for the 21st Century, including by increasing reading, mathematical and scientific literacy levels; (2) Reducing disparities between Australia's schools, particularly along socioeconomic lines, by ensuring that every student has access to an excellent school and excellent teaching; (3) Reducing the 'long tail' of underachieving students who fall behind year-level curriculum expectations and thus fail to meet minimum international standards; (4) Getting all children off to a good start, by reducing the number of children who begin school with low levels of school readiness and so are at risk of ongoing low achievement; and (5) Raising the professional status of teaching, by increasing the number of highly able school leavers entering teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01