Making learning interesting

The teacher emphasises the need to think about how students will engage with the curriculum at the lesson planning stage. This allows her to plan for and implement teaching strategies that are relevant to her students' interests, abilities and developmental stage. In her year 10 Science class she uses analogy, group work and a practical class to teach Newton's Third Law. At a more senior level, she introduces and uses adult learning principles to support her Food and Hospitality students in a summative assessment.

Centralian Senior College is the largest senior secondary education provider in Alice Springs. The school was established in 2005 and has approximately 600 students in years 10, 11 and 12. The teacher works with a range of subjects at the College, including year 10 Science, year 11 Biology and year 12 Food and Hospitality. In both her year 10 and 12 classes she attempts to engage students by linking abstract concepts and assessments to real life contexts.