MGSE media
MGSE Media Mentions
Dr Peggy Kern on ABC News, providing comment on the announcement of banning mobile phones in Victorian schools. She said that breaking mobile phone addiction will be hard for some students who have grown up with the technology. The Andrews Government will work with school principals next term to prepare for the changes and will review the ban after one year, 26 June 2019.
Associate Professor Terry Bowles in ‘Victoria bans mobile phones in schools – Federal minister calls for all states to follow suit’, Information Age, 27 June 2019.
Honorary Enterprise Professor Maxine McKew in ‘ABC audio affairs flagship PM marks 50 years’, Radioinfo, 7 July 2019.
Sector News
‘More practice tests’: New NAPLAN targets for tens of thousands of students, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 2019.
Jobs are changing, and fast. Here’s what the VET sector (and employers) need to do to keep up, The Conversation, 25 June 2019.
Global Education Episode 18: Students’ perceptions of school discipline, Teacher Magazine, 25 June 2019.
Who reached the top 10? Australia’s best universities by subject, Campus Review, 26 June 2019.
Innovative training model puts student teachers in the classroom from day one, Education HQ Australia, 26 June 2019.
School leadership: Leading from the front, Teacher Magazine, 26 June 2019.
Federal government supports move to ban student phones at Victorian public schools (subscription required), Herald Sun, 26 June 2019.
Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs, The Conversation, 26 June 2019.
Ministers to receive NAPLAN crash report, SBS News, 26 June 2019.
Banning mobile phones in schools: beneficial or risky? Here’s what the evidence says, The Conversation, 26 June 2019.
Why we shouldn’t bother about world university rankings, Free Malaysia Today, 26 June 2019.
Innovative training model puts student teachers in the classroom from day one, Education HQ, 26 June 2019.
Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs, SBS Online, 26 June 2019.
Opinion: Teachers want more pay, and possibly deserve it (subscription required), The Courier Mail, 27 June 2019.
Review should focus on improving NAPLAN, not scrapping it, The Age, 27 June 2019.
New performance test for all student teachers (subscription required), Herald Sun, 27 June 2019.
Phone ban push for all schools (subscription required), The Australian, 27 June 2019.
A 5-year-old’s success, thank to early intervention and teaching, Newsday, 28 June 2019.
Best schools in Melbourne, Best in AU, 30 June 2019.
How teaching in extremely poor conditions changed my life, 30 June 2019.
The state of the teaching profession, Teacher Magazine, 1 July 2019.
Teacher shortages and huge classes: the concerns about free TAFE, The Age, 2 July 2019.
Creative, curious and challenging thinking, Teacher Magazine, 3 July 2019.
Five of the most influential figures in education today, Education HQ Australia, 3 July 2019.
Flinders University to urge staff to take ‘cultural learning’ courses on race, privilege (subscription required), The Australian, 5 July 2019.
Harsh lesson from rushed TAFE scheme (subscription required), The Age, 5 July 2019.
Victoria dumps Australian Education City proposal, Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2019.
‘Alarming’: University cheats face jail time, big fines, Australian Financial Review, 8 July 2019.
Can't we just get along? Managing teacher-parent relationships, Education Review, 8 July 2019.
The unis with the most Linage wins, Campus Morning Mail, 8 July 2019.
Let's commit to teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture beyond NAIDOC Week, Education Review, 8 July 2019.
University cheating crackdown could result in fines for helpful friends and family, ABC News, 9 July 2019.