Classrooms
Education
How to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint
Many of us have sat through slide presentations that are boring and lifeless, but with a bit more thought, you can save your audience from tedium
Health & Medicine
Lost in space: Open-plan classrooms can leave children adrift
Middle years primary-school students are at risk of academic delay when learning in an open-plan classroom
Education
Nurturing nature in schools for enhanced learning
New research shows that engagement with nature can help enhance attention and memory in school children which are critical for learning
Education
How can we help students connect?
Without intervention from lecturers, university students from all backgrounds are struggling to make friends on campus
Education
The next generation of Australian schools
With hundreds of new schools needed in Victoria in the coming decade, how will they meet future student and community needs?
Education
Don’t attach too many strings to Gonski 2.0’s vision
Ahead of a briefing to state and territory education ministers at a special COAG meeting on Friday, it’s important that David Gonski’s vision for Australia’s education future isn’t just a tick-the-box exercise
Education
Made Possible By Melbourne
Designing a classroom to fit the needs of 21st century schoolkids
Education
Changing the shape of teaching
50 years ago Wesley Imms’ classroom was a ship. The next year a spaceship. Those memories sparked his quest for learning spaces to fit the needs of 21st century schoolkids.