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Contributing to continuity: supporting children to progress in their learning across our education system
What can be done to create more effective transitions from birth to Year 12, to support greater continuity of learning and better student outcomes?
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Explicit instruction optimises learning
This explainer provides an introduction to explicit instruction, with a focus on explaining how it contributes to positive outcomes for students’ learning achievement and dispositions.
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Knowledge is central to learning
This explainer provides an introduction to the role of knowledge in learning, implications for effective teaching, and describes how building background knowledge facilitates higher-order thinking and learning outcomes.
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Managing cognitive load optimises learning
This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.
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Introduction to the science of reading
Understanding the cognitive science behind how students learn to read and the research on effective instruction makes it easier for educators to align policy and classroom teaching with evidence.
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How the National Outside School Hours Services Alliance and AERO are working together to improve transitions
AERO has partnered with the National Outside School Hours Services Alliance (NOSHSA) to support continuity of learning and development for school-aged children as they move between out of school hours care (OSHC) services and school.
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The science behind fostering children’s early learning and development
AERO’s ‘science of learning and development’ project will support teachers and educators to incorporate knowledge about how brains and bodies develop into their practice, beginning with early childhood education and care (ECEC) services.
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Mastery learning
Mastery learning is a way of designing units of work so that each set of tasks focuses on a particular learning objective and students must master a task to move onto the next one.
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The importance of school transitions
Children’s transitions from early childhood education and care (ECEC) to school can have lasting effects on their learning and development.