Ron Hoenig
A project to internationalise the South Australian curriculum is currently underway. It embraces curriculum change, new opportunities for students and staff, community engagement, commercial issues, quality assurance and interagency collaboration. A significant part of the internationalisation process is a focus on Asia. Internationalisation of the curriculum includes appreciation of Australia’s geographic situation, the value of language learning, and the need for Australian students to learn about other countries’ cultures and politics, in particular those of our largest trading partners.
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Robyn Beaman, Kevin Wheldall, Coral Kemp
A literature review examines three decades of debate about the relative treatment of boys and girls in the classroom, finding that teachers' actions are primarily determined by student behaviour rather than by gender bias –
Educational Review.
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Julia Anghileri
An evaluation of England's National Numeracy Strategy for primary students finds modest and uneven gains in students' skills in mathematical division. Girls showed less improvement than boys, but responded well to the new 'chunking' method for calculating division –
Oxford Review of Education.
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