The World Today - Monday, 8 September , 2008 12:42:00 ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government says it wants to improve teaching standards in Australia by increasing the pool from which teachers can be selected. The Education Minister Julia Gillard is trying to convince education academics and the states and territories that they need to make it easier for university graduates without a teaching background to...
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Some of the teaching techniques being used in Queensland schools are so outdated that software mogul Bill Gates was probably wearing short pants at the time they were introduced. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said...
THE Rudd Government is on a collision course with education deans over proposals to shorten some teacher-training programs and recruit non-teaching graduates for the toughest classrooms. At a meeting of education ministers...