Faculty of Education

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Really? Robin Williams playing John Keating in Dead Poets Society didn't make the top 5? Who else is missing? #changeit

"It's rewarding to see how children grow over time, especially the young ones. It’s such a sense of achievement for me," says our alumni Evelyn Zhu. Evelyn, who is originally from China, finished her Master of Teaching with us last year, and now works in an early learning centre in Melbourne. Her first early months in Australia were tough, she says. "But I always like challenges. "It was very different and definitely opened up my eyes. I've learnt a lot in this new culture and this new environment." Evelyn says she is loving working with both Chinese and English speaking kids, and is to keep learning and growing professionally. "'I've grown in terms of experience and my mindset. I think I'm very different than I was before." It was wonderful to catch up with you on campus, Evelyn, and see you are flourishing in your new career. And when you open your own centre in the future? We'll just be so proud. #loveteaching #monashpride

Go beyond the stereotypes when it comes to ABA, and not just think of it as a single type of intervention, writes Monash's Erin Leif. "It's a branch of science concerned with the application of basic principles of behaviour and learning to solve socially important problems and teach functional life skills."

"Think about young people in a different way. Nurture the things they know and do. Start from the point of view that young people have skills, assets and resources they can draw upon," says Monash's Karen Lambert. Karen joined fellow lecturer Justen O'Conner and created a mini on-line seminar to support health and physical education teachers working with the new curriculum. It's the second in their series for TeachSpace, our new content hub for teachers: https://www.monash.edu/education/teachspace