The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has released five new teaching practice guides.
The guides provide teachers and school leaders with practical, evidence-based strategies to enhance student learning outcomes.
The guides cover:
- guiding student learning and gradually removing supports (‘Scaffold practice’)
- regularly revisiting and reviewing students’ learning (‘Revisit and review’)
- spacing and varying tasks for guided and independent student practise (‘Vary practice’)
- teaching the connections between simpler concepts before increasing in complexity (‘Organise knowledge’)
- providing challenging opportunities for students to apply, extend and demonstrate mastery of their learning (‘Extend and challenge’).
AERO said each guide combines rigorous research with practical classroom strategies, helping teachers and school leaders put effective practices in place that work for all students.
The guides form part of AERO’s comprehensive Model of Learning and Teaching, with additional guides and supporting videos set to be released in early 2025.
“These guides represent our commitment to bridging the gap between education research and classroom practice,” AERO CEO Dr Jenny Donovan said.
“By providing teachers and school leaders with accessible information about evidence-based teaching strategies, we’re supporting them to make informed decisions that positively impact student learning.
“Many teachers and leaders may already be familiar with these approaches, but these new guides not only provide reassurance that the practices work, they also detail practical strategies for applying them in the classroom,” she said.
The guides are available now for free on the AERO website. For more information, visit edresearch.edu.au/model-learning-teaching
AERO is Australia’s independent education evidence body, established in 2021 and funded by Commonwealth, state and territory governments. AERO’s role is to generate high-quality evidence, make it accessible and encourage adoption and effective implementation of evidence into practice and policy.
