The web-based version of the journal is soon to be complemented by an interactive digital edition. This image-rich version of the journal will consolidate selected content from the fortnightly web version. Developed initially for iPads, it will be free to download and available at the App Store. An announcement will be made in the web version of the journal as soon as the first digital edition is available.
Currently the education community is focusing intently on the issue of how to lift the numeracy and literacy levels of Australian students. Teach Learn Share is a national website helping educators and education systems to share their most effective approaches to literacy and numeracy teaching and learning in Australia. The site contains reports of successful literacy and numeracy strategies implemented in a diverse range of school settings, and provides links to relevant research in the areas of literacy and numeracy. The strategies were submitted by teachers, schools, academics and education systems. Each report on the site documents the key features of the strategy being applied, as well as results, lessons learned, and the next steps planned. The reports also document the research methodology underpinning the strategy, and offer links to resources and additional reading.
A meta-analysis finds that extensive reading interventions produce small but definite improvements for struggling readers in years 4 to 12 – Review of Educational Research.
Researchers at a Victorian university have undertaken a study to learn how primary schools want to be supported to teach science, interviewing three teachers – Teaching Science.
The Australian Curriculum introduces changes for Victorian mathematics educators, including four proficiency strands that 'define the core of what mathematics teaching is about' – Vinculum.