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An approach to professional development that combines collaborative, local learning communities with a focused pedagogical framework.

Analysis of philanthropic contributions to education by the world’s largest firms has revealed Australian companies place a great emphasis on community and employee engagement.

Christine Haynes reviews a robot construction kit, and discusses why robotics still appeals to tech-savvy teachers.

Across many professional areas there has been a surge of interest in Big Data, but what's the relevance of Big Data in education? Dr Michael Timms discusses.

Teaching mathematics using a problem solving approach requires preparation if it is going to work. So, how do you go about it? Dave Tout outlines one possible process.

As a follow up to our popular Books for reluctant readers series, Teacher is pleased to introduce the newest member of the team.

Two Western Australian teachers have developed a play-based program that provides experiences for students to explore and investigate phonetic sounds.

A clear, transparent line of communication, clear expectations and mutual respect - one principal shares her school's approach to building strong parent and family relationships.

Academics suggest adolescent nicknaming is a great topic for language analysis lessons that's likely to spark student interest.

‘We ... entrust and empower people to take on and drive improvement in teaching and learning.’ See how adopting a distributed leadership model can help drive innovation.