2009 News archive
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| December 2009 |
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| New book examines model for teacher development 1 December 2009 |
| October 2009 |
| Dean designate for 2010 visits faculty 2 October 2009 |
| August 2009 |
| Winners all round at prizes and scholarships evening 11 August 2009 |
| May 2009 |
| Parents and teachers have more influence than peers 20 May 2009 |
| February 2009 |
| School stress strikes anxious middle class 19 February 2009 |
| January 2009 |
| Kindergarten of hard knocks could be harming kids 28 January 2009 |
| State's top English teachers honoured 14 January 2009 |
Acting Dean Professor Robyn Ewing has launched the book about action learning in schools that she co-authored with colleagues from UTS and the University of Wollongong.
Incoming dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work Professor Robert Tierney has visited from Vancouver on a pre-appointment tour and told staff he is committed to transparency and inclusion when he takes up the post in March.
The Faculty of Education and Social Work celebrated the achievements of its staff and students at its annual scholarships and prizes evening in MacLaurin Hall on 28 July 2009.
Parents and teachers of teenagers can take heart from a Faculty of Education and Social Work study that has shown academic outcomes among adolescents are far more influenced by relationships with parents and teachers than with peers. 
Faculty of Education and Social Work researchers have identified seven distinct groupings of middle-class parents, almost all of which are anxious about schooling and feel a need to protect their children from the 'wrong' school.
Children's academic progress could be being hindered by the stark differences between the way child-care centres, preschools and schools manage behaviour, according to a new study from the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney.
The winners of the inaugural Paul Brock Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of English were announced last October by the NSW Education Minister.