Schools
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
Education
Game on for collaborative learning
Video games, collaborative tasks and explicit instruction are helping neurodiverse children learn crucial social skills
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