Teaching and Learning
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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
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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
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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
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Education
University students are using AI, but not how you think
Higher education students are cautious about using generative AI and academics lack guidance, finds new report
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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.
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Education
Supporting our schools to develop Asia capable kids
Asia capable initiatives that only target adults and young adults leaves it far too late – it has to start in our schools
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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
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Education
Food for thought
Food, and where it comes from, connects all of us – so using it as a tool to teach students global competency and citizenship makes sense
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Education
Game on for collaborative learning
Video games, collaborative tasks and explicit instruction are helping neurodiverse children learn crucial social skills
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Education
Is EQ more important than ever?
As we ask students to become more globally competent, the need to develop social and emotional skills – or emotional intelligence – is more essential than ever