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In recent years, the role of the teacher has expanded. Teaching Strategies in the 21st Century identifies and addresses the complex challenges faced by pre-service and early career teachers. This practical, research-informed book provides in-depth discussions of teaching, from junior primary to Year 10 levels. The text examines how teachers can prepare for new roles within their teaching responsibilities, embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, navigate curriculum and policy demands, manage classrooms effectively, and design inclusive, engaging and assessable learning opportunities. It explores strategies for professional collaboration and networking to sustain long-term growth and reflective practice. To encourage reflection, each chapter provides case studies, spotlight boxes, recommended readings, margin notes and definitions, and end-of-chapter questions and guided responses. Teaching Strategies in the 21st Century supports new educators to transition into their roles with confidence, while laying the foundations for a reflective, adaptive and student-centred practice.

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Loretta Bowshall-Freeman (Ph.D.) is an Australian educator and researcher whose work centres on the professional formation of early-career teachers and the policy frameworks shaping their practice. Her teaching and research explores initial-teacher education, professional experience, mentoring, and the translation of policy into school leadership and classroom pedagogy. Rozi Binte Rahmat (Ph.D.) is an educator and assessment specialist with over three decades of experience across Singapore and Australia. She has led curriculum and assessment initiatives and contributed to national education projects. Her work bridges research and classroom practice and advances teacher professional learning and assessment literacy through learner-centred approaches that build student confidence, improve learning and strengthen teaching practice. Michael Colbung is from the Wongatha (Wongi), Nyoongah and Ngaanyatjara cultural heritage groups of Western Australia. He has strong cultural links with the Wirangu and Kookatha Nations of the Far West coastal region of South Australia. He is a classroom teacher in north-east South Australia (Ceduna), and he was previously a tertiary educator and researcher at Flinders and Adelaide universities, lecturing in Indigenous education.

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