by pivotpl | Mar 26, 2020 | Pivot's Pencil
As many schools, teachers and students prepare for a remote learning environment, it is worth giving consideration to the neurodiversity of the learners we are engaging with. There are a number of things you can do to retain the quality teaching and learning that...
by pivotpl | Mar 25, 2020 | Pivot's Pencil
“[T]hink of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.” Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera As we hear more about the spread of coronavirus, many of us are experiencing high levels of anxiety and...
by pivotpl | Nov 23, 2019 | Pivot's Pencil
A crisis-level shortage of qualified maths teachers, students’ shrinking confidence and interest in maths, and the growing importance of maths skills to the economy (AMSI 2019) mean that more than ever, Australia needs to identify characteristics of top teachers to...
by pivotpl | Oct 29, 2018 | Pivot's Pencil
Great teaching on Radio National Pivot’s Director of Research recently joined a panel on ABC’s Life Matters program, to ‘sort fact and fiction on the teaching profession’ with the principal of Doveton College and Griffith University Dean of Education, Professor...
by pivotpl | Jul 9, 2018 | Pivot's Pencil
Nurturing the entrepreneurial skills of students The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University has been collaborating with about 20 secondary schools in New South Wales and Victoria on a program that focusses on entrepreneurial learning. Paradigm Shifters, based on...
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