Associate Professor Terry Bowles

Associate Professor Terry Bowles

Educational and Developmental Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

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Education

Emerging from COVID-19 and taking the chance to change

Across Australia, restrictions are loosening and now is a good time to take stock of how COVID-19 has changed our lives – and where we go from here

Education

Helping to develop empathy in digital classrooms

When it comes to empathy development during COVID-19, how can schools help their students to develop and grow when being face-to-face with their peers and teachers isn’t an option?

Education

Our changing identities under COVID-19

The fallout from the pandemic is a challenge to many people’s identity, but some of us have fewer resources to cope when our worlds are turned upside down

Education

Embracing a new normal in ourselves and communities

COVID-19 restrictions have gone on long enough to establish new habits. So what do we want to keep doing and stop doing, both individually and as a community?

Education

Managing your family’s cabin fever

Families self-isolating together can bring the worst out in each other. Here’s how to avoid becoming a shark, turtle or fox, and instead, channeling your penguin, teddy-bear or owl

Education

The psychology of isolation

Self-isolation needn’t be a burden; it can be an opportunity for self-reflection and renewal. Here are some tips for preparing yourself and, possibly even, enjoying the experience

Education

How to keep your head during COVID-19

When there’s a crisis the first impulse can be fear and panic. But the COVID-19 pandemic demands clear thought, here is one way to adapt your thinking

Education

Is your child lonely at school?

Loneliness and isolation can cause serious problems, especially for children in primary and secondary school, but there are key steps that can help your child connect

Environment

Adapting yourself to take action on the environment

Disillusionment with politics is reason enough to want to take action yourself on climate change and the environment, but actually doing it is harder. Here is a model to help you plan and do.

Education

Why is school connectedness so important?

If students feel disconnected from school, their learning and even their health can suffer - new research shows how teachers can help