Noticias Oceanía

Creativity and crisis: teaching Indonesian in Australian schools

Publicado: 21 mayo 2021

Indonesia – Australia/May 21, 2021/Source: https://www.themandarin.com.au/ Over the past two decades, the story of Indonesian language learning in Australian schools has been one of gradual decline. If current trends continue, Bahasa Indonesia in Australian schools will experience an irreversible crisis – caught between some positive efforts in primary schools and ever-dwindling student numbers in the […]

Record investment in Australian schools

Publicado: 18 mayo 2021

Australia/May 18, 2021/Source: https://www.miragenews.com The Morrison Government is investing a record $24.8 billion in Australian schools next year, with a focus on improving outcomes and returning Australia to the world’s top group of education nations. Commonwealth school funding for all schools has increased by 80 per cent since we came to government and will grow […]

New Zealand: Government announces pay boost for early childhood teachers

Publicado: 13 mayo 2021

New Zealand/May 13, 2021/By: ANNA WHYTE/Source: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/ A $170 million boost for early childhood education (ECE) teachers is set to help the sector “take another leap towards pay parity” with kindergarten teachers, the Education Minister says. It could see some teachers’ pay go up 17 per cent. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the pre-Budget announcement […]

Review of Initial Teacher Education to Lift Australian School Standards

Publicado: 5 mayo 2021

Australia/May 04, 2021/Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/ Over the past two decades, Australian school standards have steadily declined. To help combat this, Federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, has announced a review of initial teacher education. As part of an ambitious plan to return Australia to the top group of education nations globally by 2030, the review will address two key […]

Higher education in New Zealand: Revamp and return to pre-pandemic levels by 2030

Publicado: 1 mayo 2021

New Zealand/May 01, 2021/Source: https://www.studyinternational.com/ hile most major education hubs are racing to rehabilitate their education systems in a pandemic-stricken world, the national agency Education New Zealand (Education NZ) has said that higher education in New Zealand will bounce back bigger and better by 2030. This long-term revamp seeks to re-establish the country as a […]

Australia: New curriculum teaches cultural diversity, dumps ‘Christian heritage’

Publicado: 30 abril 2021

Australia/April 30, 2021/By Adam Carey, Anna Prytz and Lisa Visentin/Source: https://www.theage.com.au/ A revised Australian curriculum would give greater weight to the nation’s diversity and to First Nations culture, but less emphasis on “Christian heritage” in the study of civics and citizenship. School students across the country will be taught that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion. A […]