Infographics from ACER's Teacher magazine.
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Infographic: World Teachers’ Day 2023 – Stories of inspirational educators
Dominique Russell and Jo Earp
On this World Teachers' Day, we shine a spotlight on the profession by sharing some quotes from recent release Teacher, Teacher: Stories of Inspirational Educators, published by Affirm Press and edited by Megan Daley.
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Infographic: Girls’ interest in engineering
Dominique Russell
It's well-known that women are underrepresented in participation in STEM education and the STEM workforce. The 2021 Youth in STEM study surveyed participants about their awareness and perception of STEM subjects and careers. As this infographic shows, the findings reveal age is important for girls when it comes to interest in studying engineering.
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Infographic: ICT standards for teachers – an international snapshot
Jo Earp
UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report for 2023 focuses on technology in education. According to the report’s Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews for 211 education systems, 51% have set ICT standards for teachers ‘in a competency framework, teacher training framework, development plan or strategy’. Here is an international snapshot for 2022.
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Infographic: The growing problem of teacher shortages
Jo Earp
A growing number of school leaders across Australia are reporting problems with unfilled teacher vacancies. The Australian Education Union’s annual ‘State of our Schools Survey’ includes a question for principals on teacher shortages. In the latest survey, 9 out of 10 principals reported experiencing a shortage of teachers in the last year – more than triple the rate in 2015. Find out more in this infographic.
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Infographic: Teacher age and gender over the years
Dominique Russell
Australian Bureau of Statistics analysis of 2021 Australian Census data includes insights into how the teacher workforce has changed over the last 40 years. In this infographic, we share how the distribution of teachers by age and sex has changed over the past 40 years.
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Infographic: Young people experiencing homelessness
Dominique Russell
Many students face personal challenges and hardship outside the school grounds, and this can have a negative impact on their health and education. Data published in 2023 explores 2021 Census data to give insight into the estimated number of people experiencing homelessness. Here, we share some of the data relating to those under the age of 18.
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Infographic: Educators' worry about extreme events
Dominique Russell
Understanding the key concerns of your school staff can help inform professional development and supports provided. A recent survey asked teachers working in preschool to year 12 settings to share how often they worry about COVID-19 and other extreme events, such as natural disasters and critical incidents. Find out more in this infographic.
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Infographic: Music education skills among primary teachers
Jo Earp
The new Fading Notes report explores the provision of music education in Australian primary teaching degrees. Researchers surveyed lecturers responsible for music education within Initial Teacher Education degrees, representing a student pool of more than 4,600 primary teaching students across 73% of universities delivering generalist primary teaching degrees. Topics included music training hours, and knowledge, skills and competency to teach. Here are some of the results.
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Infographic: Reading instruction strategies used in year 4 lessons in Australia
Dominique Russell
Recently released survey data from PIRLS 2021 (Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study) includes information on reading instruction strategies used in year 4 lessons. This infographic shows the percentage of Australian PIRLS 2021 students whose teachers reported using these strategies in every or almost every lesson.
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Infographic: Australia’s reading results within the international context
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The new report, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: Australia’s results from PIRLS 2021, reveals how the average reading performance of year 4 students in Australia compares to other countries. Find out more in today’s infographic.
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Infographic: How teachers feel about AI
Dominique Russell
A new report from McCrindle outlines 7 disruptors impacting the future of education, informed by survey data. One identified disruptor is artificial intelligence and technological change. In this infographic, we share some of the survey results for questions on artificial intelligence and technological change.
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Infographic: School leader attraction and retention
Jo Earp
The Australian School Education Leaders Sentiment Index, by Slade Group, explores the priorities and drivers for school leaders when considering a new role. It draws on findings from interviews and a survey with 60 principals, from which 5 key themes emerged. Find out more in our latest infographic.
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My 11th Teacher alphabet
Jo Earp
What do you need information on? Behaviour strategies? Embedding First Nations perspectives? Student engagement? Reflective practice? The 11th Teacher alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful. Download the PDF for a hyperlinked version.
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Infographic: School leader sources of stress over time
Dominique Russell
The 12th annual Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey shows school leaders are under increasing pressure and stress. Here we share some key insights from the latest (2022) report, and how the top 5 sources of stress for school leaders have evolved over time.
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Infographic: Secondary students, sex and relationships education
Jo Earp
The Australian National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health explores young people’s experiences of sex, relationships, sexual health and school-based Relationships and Sexuality Education. Data from the seventh iteration, involving almost 7,000 participants, have just been released – in this infographic we look at some of the findings.
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Infographic: My second Teacher India alphabet
Jo Earp
What do you need information on? School entrepreneurship programs? Global Citizenship Education? How to use toys to support learning? The second Teacher India alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful. Download the PDF for a hyperlinked version.
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Infographic: Basic literacy skills and the gap between male and female students
Jo Earp
NAPLAN’s National Minimum Standard is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. Ahead of the 2023 tests, we compare the percentage of male and female students in year 9 achieving at or above the standard in Literacy, over time.
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Infographic: Basic skills and the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
Jo Earp
In the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, the national minimum standard (NMS) is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. This infographic looks at the performance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Year 9, over time.
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Infographic: Teachers’ requirements for ongoing professional development
Zoe Kaskamanidis
The newly-released Education at a Glance 2022: OECD Indicators reports on the state of education in OECD and partner countries. In this infographic, we take a look at professional development requirements for pre-primary, primary, upper-secondary and lower secondary teachers.
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Infographic: Classroom disciplinary climate – global comparisons
Jo Earp
The new country report Education Policy Outlook in Australia has highlighted the fact that 'The disciplinary climate in schools in Australia was among the least favourable in the OECD according to students' reports in PISA 2018'. In this infographic we take a look at those PISA survey statistics, and how Australia compares with 11 other countries.
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Infographic: From one teacher to another – learning to let go
Zoe Kaskamanidis
In our annual Teacher magazine reader survey, we ask you to share one piece of advice with a fellow educator. In this infographic, we share some of the responses we received on the theme of learning to let go.
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Infographic: Student perspectives on making school a better place
Dominique Russell
Almost 14,000 children aged 8-12 responded to the prompt, ‘the world would be better if…’ as part of a project run by South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People. In this infographic, we share some of their responses.
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Infographic: Expectations of teaching hours
Zoe Kaskamanidis
The newly-released Education at a Glance 2022: OECD Indicators reports on the state of education in OECD and partner countries. In this infographic, we take a look at the net statutory teaching time in hours, per year, in public institutions across the world for pre-primary and upper-secondary, general programs.
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Infographic: From one teacher to another – reflecting and connecting
Zoe Kaskamanidis
In our annual Teacher magazine reader survey, we ask you to share one piece of advice with a fellow educator. In this infographic, we share some of the responses we received from educators in India on the themes of reflecting and connecting.
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Infographic: From one teacher to another – read, read, read!
Zoe Kaskamanidis
In our annual Teacher magazine reader survey, we ask you to share one piece of advice with a fellow educator. In this infographic, we share some of the responses we received about reading.