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The ConversationMonday, January 28, 2019
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Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions

Clearly, the concentration of women in teaching is problematic from a gender equality perspective. Parents, students and schools value the…
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Education

The ConversationWednesday, December 12, 2018
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How physical activity in Australian schools can help prevent depression in young people

Physical activity programs within schools should also address the health, mental health and stress-reduction motivations for engaging in physical activity…
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Administration

The ConversationWednesday, December 5, 2018
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How teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol

They may be constantly on-edge and on the look-out for danger. Trouble sleeping and concentrating are also common.
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Administration

The ConversationWednesday, November 28, 2018
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For the sake of kids, embrace math

Teachers in both Canada and Australia feel neither competent nor confident in math and, frankly, they are the first to…
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Education

The ConversationWednesday, November 7, 2018
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How to beat exam stress

Nearly half (47%) of Australian students report they feel very tense when they study, and 67% report feeling very anxious…
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Education

The ConversationWednesday, November 7, 2018
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No state has all the answers in school education

School education in Australia needs to improve in three distinct ways. The Grattan Institute’s State Orange Book 2018 shows how…
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Administration

The ConversationWednesday, October 24, 2018
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Why R2D2 could be your child’s teacher sooner than you think

Humanoid robots are a unique case for teaching programming skills to students, because students desire to teach the robot how…
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Administration

The ConversationTuesday, October 16, 2018
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There’s no argument or support for allowing schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ teachers

Teachers facing discrimination for their sexual and gender identity can’t support students to deal with theirs.
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Administration

The ConversationTuesday, October 2, 2018
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How teachers can help support children during their parents’ divorce

Teachers can buffer the stress of divorce or separation and help children adjust to their changed family arrangement. The strategies…
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Education

The ConversationWednesday, September 19, 2018
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Year 11 and 12 students in NSW will no longer learn about women’s contributions to physics

The new syllabus has 25 scientists mentioned 56 times. But no women are referred to by name, nor are any…
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Maintaining positive health and mental wellbeing in students is one of the key areas of concerns in schools. Research shows that children are bearing the brunt of mental health concerns triggered or exacerbated by the pandemic and the number presenting with mental health or emotional problems. Schools must find ways to stimulate positive environments for students across mental well-being, health, and safety.
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How students are helping to breathe new life into their schools

School transformations are incredibly exciting for teachers, parents and of course students, especially when the whole school community has spent months and often years planning, petitioning, and fundraising for the developments.
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How do you make a best-practice literacy intervention program even better?

In 2011, MultiLit launched MiniLit, an effective, evidence-based, small group intervention program, designed to support struggling readers in the initial stages of literacy up to Year 2.
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Achieving great professional learning in the age of COVID-19

As a high school teacher in an independent Sydney school, I experienced a great many professional learning sessions. Of all these sessions, it was after only a handful I left feeling legitimately energized, inspired, and empowered with skills or knowledge that would make a difference to my everyday teaching practice.
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Promethean solutions promote flexibility for schools

The Promethean State of Technology in Education Report 2021 recently revealed that interactive panels and interactive whiteboards are now Australia’s most commonly used classroom technology, with 99% of educators using them at least occasionally.
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The P.A. People celebrates fifty years!

It all started in the early 1960’s in a garage in suburban Enfield, NSW. What started back then as Christian Sound (incorporated as CS Services) has grown to be one of the most well respected and diverse Professional Audio and AV solution providers around…
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