Inspired Discussion
We lead discussion to show that big ideas are possible in practice, to create awareness of the need for a learning culture and to build engagement with learning.
11 December 2018
Kingswood students have been part of the ALL Passion Index trial in 2018, developing Passion Profiles and then reflecting on and updating those profiles each term. The Year 7 students finished the school year working in groups on a community action project.
13 November 2018
Helping young people acquire the skills and mindset that counteract mental illness and prepare them for a ‘life well lived’ is top of mind of Warren Symonds, Principal at Mount Barker High School in South Australia.
13 November 2018
Positive Education, the last Joy and Data seminar run through the Public Libraries Victoria Network is on 20 November from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at the Reservoir Library.
13 November 2018
A popular maths program has raised a $2.1m investment to change the way the crucial subject is taught in Australian schools. Maths Pathway is a feature case study in the Australian Learning Lecture’s Joy and Data impact program.
13 November 2018
Jennie Vine, one of ALL’s Passion Index advisory panellists, has been nominated to The Educator Hotlist 2018.
13 November 2018
Kingswood College, a school that has been enthusiastically participating in the in-school trial of the Australian Learning Lecture’s Passion Index, has passionate plans for their Year 7 students as they step up to have a taste of being Year 8 students during the school’s 13-day Headstart program.
19 September 2018
Ellen Koshland, the founder of the Australian Learning Lecture, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Education by Swinburne University.
19 September 2018
When staff at Hilltop Road Public School in Western Sydney looked at student learning they found that their students could tell them what they did, but they couldn’t tell them the learning behind it.
19 September 2018
In collaboration with ten Victorian public libraries, ALL is presenting the 'Joy and Data' case study events from September to November this year.
19 September 2018
The Passion Index pilot project continues to demonstrate the value of schools using individual student Passion Profiles and especially the benefit of incorporating student reflections as a major element of these profiles
19 September 2018
Following on from a forum convened by ALL and the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University earlier this year, two working groups have been established to consider curriculum and assessment, and pathways.
13 June 2018
ALL is pleased to report that it is working with Mitchell Institute and others to bring about a more productive understanding of school assessment and better transition to tertiary education.
13 June 2018
ALL’s vision from its inception was to introduce new ideas into the learning landscape in a bid to change thinking. Most recently we have been privileged to work in partnership with Mitchell Institute at Victoria University on the very big issue of reconfiguring the transition from secondary to tertiary education.
7 June 2018
Peter Dawkins and Yong Zhao argue that maximising ATAR is the primary focus for far too many students, rather than following passions and preparing for the future by developing their talents and exploring the wide variety of opportunities that are available.
1 May 2018
In the school of the future, data is ubiquitous and measures progress not just on academic performance but also on the wider skills and attributes, such as leadership and teamwork, which we know are becoming vital to future success and fulfilment.
1 May 2018
Taranganba teachers feel that data is not a judgement of their teaching ability but a starting point for each step in the journey. The focus is on growth and improvement, not just achievement.
1 May 2018
We are excited to have recently published Joy and Data: creating success for every student, a compilation of Sir Michael’s lecture and six exemplar case studies.
16 February 2017
Beautiful Failures, an Australian Learning Lecture Event, supported by The Guardian stimulated debate about what education should be if we are to seize the immense opportunities that lie ahead.
12 May 2016
A national action plan agreed by Commonwealth, state and territory governments is urgently required if Australia is to arrest declining performances in schools.
16 July 2015
The Head of the Dept of Education for Kwazulu-Natal talks about how access to information can transform learning.
22 June 2015
ARACY CEO Dr Dianne Jackson on how data informs a learning culture, and why learning is essential to alleviating poverty.
