Media Releases
A leading educational academic has urged Australian teachers to avoid becoming cautious under the 'transparency' of the modern Australian classroom. Read more...
Prof Joy Higgs has raised the issue of what knowledge and skills university educators need to take workplace education forward in the current global era. Read more...
Two internationally renowned linguists from the United Kingdom will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) this week to talk with staff, students, local teachers and health professionals about advances in understanding speech and communication difficulties. Read more...
Listen to Tuija Turunen's recent interview on ABC Radio about the Finnish education system and the secret's to their success. Read more...
Two internationally renowned linguists from the United Kingdom will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) this week to talk with staff, students, local teachers and health professionals about advances in understanding speech and communication difficulties. Read more...
Smoothing the learning pathways from TAFE to University and reducing the 'culture shock' in moving between the two sectors are the aims of a new national research project being led by RIPPLE research, Cathy Down. Read more...
The Federal Government's proposed new national curricula for English, mathematics, science and history must deal with the huge variety of situations teachers find themselves in, says RIPPLE member Ros Brennan Kemmis. Read more...
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic has condemned outright a proposal to extend a trial short course for new teachers from Victoria into Queensland. Read more...
A report to the federal government by an independent panel of experts led by Charles Sturt University (CSU) contains positive findings for the early childhood sector. The report, Child Care and Early Education in Australia, was released on Monday 25 January and is based on data collected from parents, children and child care/early education carers and teachers in Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). Read more..
2009
Two academics at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will have distinctive roles at the Australian Association for Research In Education (AARE) 2009 International Education Research Conference in Canberra from Sunday 29 November to Thursday 3 December. Professor Jo-Anne Reid, Professor of Education and Associate-Dean Teacher Education of the CSU Faculty of Education, was elected President of the AARE at its conference last year. Professor Reid will welcome the anticipated 600 conference participants and will lead the Presidential Address with invited past-Presidents.
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The dedication of a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic to improve the speech and language development of people, particularly children, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds around the world has been honoured. Professor Sharynne McLeod, from the School of Teacher Education at CSU at Bathurst has been selected by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) as a Diversity Champion for 2009. Read more...
The funding of a Charles Sturt University (CSU) tender for national research into the implementation of an integrated child care services model confirms the University as a leader in early childhood policy and practice. The $80 000 tender was awarded to researchers Professor Jennifer Sumsion and Ms Frances Press who are based at the School of Teacher Education at Bathurst. They are members of the Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) at CSU, and the tender to complete Phase 1 of the national research proposal was submitted to the Professional Support Coordinators Alliance. Read more...