Classroom Teaching

Building a curriculum that includes students with vision impairment The first national curriculum for students with a vision impairment could be rolled out in schools across Australia soon with trials taking place in schools later this year.

Stolen Generations grants further Indigenous knowledge in schools There has been a national shift in perception around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues and this is being driven, in part, by more Indigenous knowledge at the school level. Towards that schools can now apply for grants of up to $500 to access stolen generations teaching material.

The issue of engagement The process of learning to cooperate with others begins very early in life – often it is a sandpit experience. A term I often use when asked what I do is that “I teach people how to play nicely in the sandpit”.