Professional Voice Journal

AEU Victoria's Professional Voice journal aims to stimulate debate on contemporary professional and curriculum issues.

Edition 13.3: The new basics

The articles in this journal make a case for reinterpreting the basics of schooling to ensure that education is fit for the sort of evolving society and economy we want to live in.

Editorial: The new basics: equity, wellbeing and technology
John Graham

How do Australian students see their teachers?
Sue Thomson

The politics of ‘back to basics’
Naomi Barnes

The decline and fall of NAPLAN’s objectives
John Graham

Music education in Australian schools: An essential place for all students
Leon de Bruin

Victorian teachers: stressed but still dedicated
Cathy Sheehan

Deep fakes, authenticity and authentication in the age of artificial intelligence
Erica Southgate

Trevor Cobbold on equity, public education and the role of private schools
Interview by John Graham

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Edition 13.2: Learning in the shadow of the pandemic

This winter edition is being published in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The articles we feature either implicitly, or in some cases explicitly acknowledge this situation.

Editorial: Learning in the shadow of the pandemic
John Graham

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and why educators need to skill up now
Erica Southgate

Student voice, agency and participation
Roger Holdsworth

What the Arts teach and how it shows (in the time of COVID-19)
Mark Selkrig, Kathryn Coleman and Abbey MacDonald

Attracting and Retaining Australia’s Teachers
Amanda Heffernan, David Bright and Fiona Longmuir

The National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools Program
Diane Toe and Lynette Longaretti

Remote learning in pandemic times
Steven Kolber

Barbara Preston on public education, the digital divide and teacher professionalism
Interview by John Graham

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Edition 13.1: Mental health, reporting and the future of education

The Spring edition (13.1) contains articles about mental health, reporting student progress, learning to learn, teacher professional judgement and an interview with Pasi Sahlberg.

Mental health, reporting and the future of education
John Graham

Mental health needs emerging in the school system
Vicki McKenzie

Student mental health and wellbeing in Victorian schools
John Graham

Teacher bullying and harassment by students and parents in Australian schools
Paulina Billett, Rochelle Fogelgarn and Edgar Burns

Student reporting: Where to from here?
Hilary Hollingsworth and Jonathan Heard

Beyond silver bullets: towards a framework for meta-learning
Alan Reid

Put professional judgement of teachers first or we’ll never get the systemic education improvements we all want
James Ladwig

Pasi Sahlberg on more play, more equity and more trust in teacher judgement
Interview by Myke Bartlett

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Edition 12.3: Personalised learning, inclusion and equity

The Summer 2019 edition (12.3) examines ideas around personalising learning and the related issues of inclusion, equity, technology and the role of the teaching profession.

Personalised learning, inclusion and equity
John Graham

The hope of radical personalisation
Glenn C. Savage

Teaching students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms: from policy to practice in Australian schools
Umesh Sharma

Educational inequality in Australia and policies for reducing it
Laura B. Perry

The Trouble with NAPLAN
Nicole Mockler

Evidence-based teaching and learning
Geoff Masters

EdTech is killing us all: facing up to the environmental consequences of digital education
Neil Selwyn

Lawrence Ingvarson on the situation and future of the teaching profession in Australia
Interview by John Graham

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