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Education

How a gaming program is giving neurodivergent kids a power up

Neurodivergent kids all over the world are set to build friendships, confidence and belonging through a collaborative gaming program

Education

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Research

White, male, British authors still dominate school reading lists

Is Australia's literature curriculum still beholden to its colonial past? New research says it is, with a focus on class and privilege

Health & Medicine

Three things schoolkids need to succeed

The keys to school readiness are hearing, vision and communication, and early intervention can make all the difference

Education

Blind faith in Australia’s education ‘system’ is failing our kids

To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed

Education

Do on-screen teachers help or hinder real-life recruitment?

The government’s ‘Be That Teacher’ campaign aims to help address Australia’s teacher shortages, but film and TV stereotypes tell a different story

Education

Learning by knowing, by doing, by being

Many schools promote teaching the ‘whole child’, but to do this, education cannot only focus on knowing and doing – it must explicitly embrace being

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

Bush kinder turns nature novices into eco-experts

Immersing young children in nature gives them awareness of their world and skills they will carry through life

Education

Patching the right holes to retain Australian teachers

By looking at who stays and who leaves, we can help armour our education system to manage Australia’s teacher shortage says University of Melbourne expert.

Education

AI means a rethink of teaching foreign languages

Machines are better than most human foreign language learners at translation, so teaching languages should now focus on global competence