PhD researcher Anne Grant is using her knowledge of gifted children in their formative educational years to help better inform and teach these bright youngsters.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Melbourne Law School at the University’s final graduation ceremony for 2011.
Fewer girls enrol in challenging VCE mathematics subjects, and girls still have lower expectations of their mathematics abilities than boys, a recent study from the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education has found.
A unique program will see Year 10 students write and perform poetry inspired by artworks in the National Gallery of Victoria, giving the teenagers an opportunity to develop more than just their creative writing skills.
Chief Executive and Managing Director of Fairfax Media Greg Hywood will discuss the future of Australian journalism at the University of Melbourne’s annual A.N. Smith Lecture in Journalism on Tuesday 15 November.
Traditional approaches to teacher education are not working, according to a Productivity Commission submission from the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education.
Bonus pay for high performing teachers will fail if implemented in isolation, leading educator Professor Stephen Dinham OAM from the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education has warned.
School expenditures have increased by 17 per cent from 2001 to 2009, while student performance has declined by 2.5 per cent - equivalent to about one third of a year of schooling – according to a report in September’s Australian Economic Review.
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