Education
Research
How learning grows in school gardens across the Indo-Pacific
School greening programs are bringing the latest research into classrooms – reshaping curriculum, teacher training and climate education in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and the Maldives
Research
The truth about First Nations children and schooling has been told, retold and ignored
Three major inquiries over 35 years have reached the same conclusion: Australia's education system functions as a tool of colonial harm. So why hasn't it produced justice?
Research
Djambatj Dhukarr – Walking the Road to Excellence Together
For fifteen years, teacher candidates from Melbourne have learned on Yolŋu Country in bilingual classrooms, showing what respectful collaboration between universities and Indigenous communities can look like
Research
The Gonski reforms are over a decade late and millions short
Analysis of school funding has shown the ideals of the 2011 Gonski review are falling well short in Victoria, forcing some schools to prioritise affordability over educational growth
Research
Every student deserves to see themselves represented in school reading
Teachers need support and better resources to ensure prescribed texts are not tokenistic, but present an affirming representation of the LGBTQIA+ community
Opinion
Trauma follows children into the classroom. A new teaching model is changing that
Childhood trauma can undermine the very skills learning depends on – but the right teacher training can change that
Opinion
When ADHD is talked about as a fad – it does more than misrepresent science
Public conversations about disability are never neutral. When ADHD is framed as a social media trend, real people pay the price with delayed diagnoses and years of self-doubt
Opinion
Reading how to be male
The rise of aggressive masculinity isn’t only online – it’s in the books boys love. But those same texts can lead to meaningful conversations about gender and identity
Analysis
Re-imagining the university lecture for the next generation of Australian students
Facing empty seats and a digital dilemma, the future of the university lecture needs to be co-created to benefit student experience and wellbeing