John Ainley

Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research

Dr John Ainley, BSc, MEd, PhD Melb, FACE, is a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research, and a former Deputy CEO (Research) and Research Director of its National and International Surveys Program. His research has spanned many areas, such as the development of literacy over the first five years of school, the use of ICT in education, and influences on subject choice in the senior secondary years. Dr Ainley currently is a reviewer for several journals and coordinates the concept paper development for the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS).

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‘Big five’ education challenges: Reducing disparities for school students

Mar 05,2021

Reducing the disparities in the schooling experiences of students was one of the issues identified by Teacher columnist Professor Geoff Masters AO in his influential series on the ‘big five’ education challenges facing Australian schools. What does the latest evidence say, and where do we go to from here?

equal education, intervention, acceleration, cultural background, expertise, school leaders, effective teaching methods, long reads

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