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.