

THE BIG PICTURE – IN EDUCATION
AUTUMN 2006
Rumpole, equilateral triangles and career development
Can teachers provide advice that will help students make effective career choices?
Should teachers limit their attention to factual topics such as equilateral triangles?
Alan Bevan considers the evidence from the use of myfuture.edu.au and what
statistics suggest about the motivators for occupational choice.
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Negotiating the curriculum with students: a conversation worth having
Recent reforms in
curriculum encourage
teachers to involve
students more closely
in decisions about
learning. Kath Murdoch
and Nadine Le Mescam
suggest some key
principles to help move
this from an ideal to a
practical reality in the
classroom.
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Asia Education Foundation: putting the world into world class education
Asia’s growing influence is proving to be a great catalyst for change worldwide. Australians
need new knowledge, understandings and skills related both to the Asian region and to
Australia’s engagement with Asia in order to meet the challenges and opportunities of living
and working in the twenty-first century.
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IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING
