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This commissioned report provides an overview of the evidence underpinning a knowledge-rich curriculum and outlines the key design features and enablers to effectively enact a knowledge-rich curriculum in schools.

AERO’s submission identifies 3 evidence-based teaching practices that should form the core content basis of the ACT’s support to schools. It recommends the ACT Education Directorate work with schools to implement these practices and outlines principles and support mechanisms for this.

This practice guide will help teachers explain, demonstrate and model learning content explicitly in ways that manage cognitive load to support students with building foundational knowledge before they practise independently.

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.

This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.

AERO's submission included an overview of how student wellbeing is measured in Australia and highlighted opportunities to improve data collection and use of data in decision-making.

Addresses the causes of and interventions for disruption in Australian school classrooms

This unit plan was developed by Ochre Education and English teacher Melissa Garstang-Leary. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 6 unit of English on biographical writing, focusing on the inspirational figure of Faith Bandler.

This editable lesson plan template was produced by Ochre Education and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).

This editable unit plan template was produced by Ochre Education and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO).

This lesson plan was developed by Ochre Education and maths teacher Sue Davis. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 3 maths lesson on reading and writing 4-digit numbers.