Students from the programHow do we help students to develop intelligent behaviours? A number of Australian schools have been working together with the Australian National Schools Network in a research circle to explore the use of the 16 Habits of Mind in their classrooms. Their aim: to help students become better thinkers and know how to draw from a repertoire of strategies when they don't know what to do and develop the habit of doing so.

Head, Heart, Hands shows the story of several schools piloting digital portfolios.

It all began when the ANSN developed a research circle and teachers came together to learn about digital portfolios, share ideas and develop plans.

The teachers went back to their schools and put the ideas into practice.

Team/Small-Group is a particular form of school organisation designed to meet the needs of students in the middle years. Originating in Germany, the model has been adopted in various forms by a number of Australian schools.

Click to add to cartThe Reflective Teacher: using action learning to improve teaching aims to make available to teachers and those supporting teachers, materials which illustrate and explain how other teachers have used action learning in a range of settings.

The materials (in kit form including a handbook and video) have been developed for teachers, school leaders, support personnel and facilitators of teams.

The Heart of Teaching KitThe Heart of Teaching "Protocols" Kit was designed to "Improve learning in our schools", making pedagogy the key critique in student learning.

The Heart of Teaching is formulated around the use of "Protocols", a formal structure for looking collaborative at student work samples to improve not only pedagogy but classroom practice.

Authentic Assessment KitThis kit examines some of the key issues surrounding authentic student assessment drawing on the expertise of two renowned educationalists, Nancy Mohr and Dinah Gieske. Both teachers work at University High School in the Bronx, New York. This school is internationally known for its work on assessing genuine achievement through its ‘roundtable': student graduation through exhibition. It also includes a study of The Grange Secondary College in Victoria assessment by exhibition.