posted on 2025-05-11, 11:26authored byJames G. Ladwig
In the past decade there have been several well publicised school reform initiatives in Australia designed to improve the quality of what happens in classroom, as a means of improving student learning outcomes. While there remains heated public debate about the implications of these initiatives, there is wide consensus about the importance of pedagogy and the need to focus on classroom practices as the core business of teachers. Central to these developments has been an attempt to develop models of pedagogy for both research and professional development purposes. This paper provides an empirical overview and assessment of the development of the Productive Pedagogy model used in Queensland and the NSW Quality Teaching model, a summary of their immediate origins. Included in this paper will be an analysis of the limitations of prior Australian research using these models and an outline of how the current research (SIPA) will address some of these limits.
History
Source title
Proceedings of the AARE 2004 Conference
Name of conference
AARE 2004 Conference
Location
Melbourne
Start date
2004-11-28
End date
2004-12-02
Editors
Jeffery, P. L.
Publisher
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)