early career teachers with knowledge of the science of learning; The report also makes recommendations in the following areas: • Schools must invest significantly to rectify poor initial training with science of • Communication of how the science of learning knowledge; and learning is intrinsic to creating equitable educational opportunities; • Teachers and schools currently utilise informal netwo. [...] worked examples, with student practice A detailed explanation of the science of after each step; learning, the practices supported by that body of knowledge, and the history of • Asking questions and checking for all education methods can be found in CIS students’ understanding of what has Analysis Paper 63, What is the Science of been taught before gradual release of Learning? students for indepe. [...] I just enrolled in a master of instructional One research participant, a Deputy leadership at Melbourne [University]… from Principal, articulated the role of the work of there, I moved more towards literacy and Rosenshine and Hollingsworth and Ybarra to numeracy and the research in that space. [...] While some of the above elements of good However, the ECF is not intended to be teaching are emphasised in the APST (such used as an assessment tool, rather as as engagement, critical thinking, monitoring “an entitlement to additional support and student progress), overall the document is training.”15 ambiguous as to how students learn and provides no guidance as to the pedagogical The document co. [...] canon of information and knowledge that is [students’] entitlement as a citizen of this One teacher actively challenged the notion nation”, showing the practical and moral that inquiry learning was superior, noting benefits of the science of learning to that that those methods produced ignorance self-concept is likely to assist.
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