From Pivot’s Pencil
Supporting student neurodiversity in remote learning environments
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...
Love in the time of COVID
“[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...
Paper Launch: New research identifies key characteristics of great maths teachers
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...
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 Donna Pendergast. Bronwyn spoke...
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 the work of international education expert...
Pivot’s Dr Bronwyn Hinz Features in the Daily Telegraph
Originally published in the Daily Telegraph: It’s the biggest shake-up of teacher-training ever, but too many new teachers are still flying blind and set up to fail. Education boffins, policy makers and teacher-trainers from around Australia met today in Sydney...
Put students at the centre for sustained boost to learning
Put students at the centre for a sustained boost to learning: Pivot’s Director of Research and Development responds to the release of Gonski 2.0. Read our Media Release here.
Pivot in focus at Scotch College, Adelaide
We were thrilled to be profiled by the Principal of Scotch College, Adelaide, in his Term 2 communication to the school community. Pivot has been working with Scotch for three years and the Pivot approach is now deeply embedded within the school’s teaching and...
Pivot named as a ‘best idea’ in education, PWC
Pivot was profiled in PWC’s leading paper on steps to advance meaningful education reform in Australia, as an example of a ‘best idea’ that has been proven to help boost teaching effectiveness and should be rolled out more broadly. Pivot’s Director Belinda...
Pivot named a “Startup Star”: The Weekly Review, 2016
Pivot Professional Learning is profiled in The Weekly Review as a ‘Startup Star’ on the rise. Cleo Westhorpe, Belinda Harries and Caitlin Macleod speak about their professional development tool designed to “prove” the current performance of teachers and...
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Classroom behaviour management
Dec 1, 2017
Classroom behaviour management What is classroom behaviour? The are various types of challenging behaviour in the classroom, from low-level disruptions such as talking out of turn and not following directions, to more anti-social behaviours such as…
The role of evaluation and reflection in teaching and school improvement
Oct 1, 2017
Expectations of teachers and schools are changing rapidly. This is being driven by a range of factors including our growing understanding of the future of society and workplace that today’s children will face when they finish formal schooling. As the OECD…
Professional Learning Communities
Jul 1, 2017
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have become a hot topic lately as building in-school capacity is increasingly viewed as a major lever for improving student outcomes. PLCs have been found to contribute to instructional improvement of teachers,1…
Making the case for reform of Australia’s education system – and Pivot!
Apr 25, 2016
A new report by PwC argues for ‘constructive, concrete reform’ of Australia’s education system to prepare students for changing workforce demands – particularly in STEM subject areas.1 The PwC report recognises that good ideas and innovation for driving…