by Rick Morton, THE AUSTRALIAN
Online teacher training has the potential to overcome the malaise affecting the sector, with a major audit suggesting the pool of teacher talent is significantly improved using distance education, particularly in regional and remote Australia. Students enrolled in online courses are achieving at the same level academically as their peers who turn up to campus every week, the audit by the NSW Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards has found. Charles Sturt University faculty of education executive dean Toni Downes said “shipping” graduate teachers out into the country was not working. Online courses attracted people who wanted to enrol in teaching courses but stay in their communities.
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