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Evidence-based intentional teaching can help educators and teachers progress and support children’s learning. It is also important for educators and teachers to incorporate the intentionality of children and their families into their planning for children’s learning.

Building on family engagement practice guides for early childhood, primary and secondary school levels, AERO has released a new suite of promising approaches audit tools, family engagement implementation checklists and case studies.

It is almost impossible to imagine anyone doing anything in education without assuring us first that it is ‘evidence-based’. Yet, many practitioners have told AERO that they are confused about the nature and quality of the evidence that exists and what it tells us.

Explanations of commonly used terms related to education evidence and research

How can teachers deeply know their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? Colleen Hayward reflects on the importance of learning about students' culture, cultural identity and Country.

Literacy and numeracy are critical foundations, equipping students to access learning in all other parts of the curriculum.

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.

See how Mastery Learning is implemented in different classrooms at Trinity College.

This example uses a Year 9 Physical Education lesson to demonstrate effective practice in different education settings.

This checklist focuses on implementing mastery learning.

Mastery learning is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses mastery learning in her English lessons.