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 For Education Leaders
Maintaining our Sanity as Educators in an Increasingly Threatening World: Advice from the Ancients  If you thought modern teachers have it bad, think of the ancient educators. Socrates was executed, Plato was held against his will by a tyrant in Syracuse, Protagoras was exiled for questioning Paganism, Hypatia was burned and had all her limbs torn off for supporting Paganism, Anaxagoras was exiled for teaching that the Moon was a rock, not a god, Aristotle self-exiled before they could kill him. Teachers today could learn from their coping mechanisms. Read more Embedding Early Career Teachers  No one wants to go to a job that makes them unhappy and teaching seems to excel in that area, you’ve only to look at attrition rates for confirmation. Maths, Motivation, Brain Maps, the Mind and Merit (Part 1)  Maths decline is an extremely complex educational, social and pedagogical problem. One consideration is to put in place a wide range of interventions, from Prep through to Year 12. Of course, none of this is easy. However, as the ancient adage declares: all journeys begin with the first step. This first step may not be the answer, but it could be considered as being one step towards a pathway of potential considerations. Read more Maths Teaching Upskilling, Fast  Out of field maths teachers are common, an inevitability because of the shortage of specialised maths teachers. Attendance in Remote Schools Still Declining  School attendance in our First Nations communities is declining despite the continuation of the remote schools attendance strategy. Citizen Scientists Needed to BioBlitz  If you really want to get among scientific research and help scientists to understand the ecology in your local area here is the chance. 
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