Teaching and Learning

Arts & Culture

16mm films should be experienced, not just seen

Forget streaming and YouTube, 16mm films are ready to relive their moment in the spotlight … of a projector

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

Education

Three reasons why teachers should learn to meditate and it’s not (just) about wellbeing

Meditation can help teachers build a greater sense of presence, purpose and compassion, but it won't address the structural causes of stress and burnout in the workforce

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

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

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

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

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

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