The SA Secondary Principals Association says the Education Department pays lip service to modern teaching philosophies and technologies and there are “pockets of innovation” in some schools, but systemic changes are needed to drag all schools into the 21st century. Its draft 21st Century Schooling paper also calls for personalised learning programs, direct assessment of students’ critical and creative thinking capabilities and a system-wide focus on “inquiry-based” learning rather than traditional teacher-led classes. The association’s vice president and Hamilton Secondary College principal Peter Mader said there should be “minimum input from the teacher and maximum output from the student” in modern classrooms.

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