Education

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Australian students’ activities over the past week evidence their knowledge and capabilities in an education system valuing both economic and democratic functions of education.

Here are some of Australia's latest and greatest new books for school-age children and teenagers.

Physical activity programs within schools should also address the health, mental health and stress-reduction motivations for engaging in physical activity and focus on the benefits of participation.

Adam Voigt: "What I think I got wrong is that this model is probably far more important for Classroom Practitioners than it is for School Leaders. Allow me to explain why...

South Australian teachers have been rallying for improved working and learning conditions while QLD schools campaign for human rights on Nauru and students around the country protest government inaction on climate change.  

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

Holidays can be a particularly vulnerable time for students whose families are struggling with grief, loss, poverty or family violence.

Now is the time to watch our words, resist temptation to ‘shoot from the hip’ and make decisions on the run.

“The problem is, I think, that education’s becoming far too data driven and the teacher’s judgements are being set too often to one side. It’s like in a medical examination you can have wonderful data being generated and the patient dying on the table."