Professional Educator Volume 8 Number 1 March 2009
OPINION - League tables
League tables are a force for social segregation and inequity rather than a competitive tide that lifts all boats, says Trevor Cobbold.
FEATURE - Rewarding high-quality teaching
If we want to improve the quality of teaching through a system of performance-based pay, we need to be able to identify effective practice, as Gerard Calnin explains.
THE PROFESSION - Pedagogical fitness: Teacher quality
If you're teaching effectively in Years 6 to 10, chances are you're catering for the individual needs of each of your students, your teaching practices and attitudes are elastic and you're pedagogically fit. David Wescombe-Down explains.
INNOVATION - It's a team thing
The benefits of teacher teaming aren't just for students, as Mary Asikas and Sue Jones explain.
CLASSROOM CONFIDENTIAL - Real collaboration
Real collaboration between Australian governments could be the key to educational success for all young Australians, says Seamus O'Grady.
RESEARCH -
Catch, kick and throw: Motor skills and health
Lisa Barnett reports on the world's first longitudinal study to examine whether motor skill in later childhood affects teen fitness and physical activity.
Balancing act: Challenges for educational leadership
Research into leadership at the higher education level reveals the challenges faced by educational leaders. Michelle Anderson and Hamish Coates explain.
INTERVIEW - First class
What does first-class teaching look like? Steve Holden spoke with Clay Reid, winner of the 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools, to find out.
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE and IN BRIEF
ISSUES - Muslim and Australian
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer, says Bart Halford, is no.
REVIEW
Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and responding to cyberbullying
THE DIARY
AS I SEE IT... Not easy being green
Danny Katz explains how school bullying can happen to anyone for no reason whatsoever.