Education

Pep talks for teachers

I encourage you to choose one or a few phrases below that resonate for you, write it out and place…

3 years ago

Six Organising Concepts to Supercharge Children’s Thinking and Learning

If students work through and understand these modes, they will have more flexibility and technical know-how as they encounter new…

3 years ago

Einstein was ‘wrong’, not your science teacher

“Your teacher was wrong!” It’s a phrase many a high school or university student has heard. As practising and former…

3 years ago

‘How outrageous and impossible is that?’: factoring in how year 12 students coped in lockdown is a grading nightmare for teachers

Victoria provided students with similar special consideration in 2020 to avoid adverse impacts of COVID reflecting in ATAR rankings as…

3 years ago

Students who are more adaptable do best in remote learning – and it’s a skill we can teach

The important thing about these findings is that adaptability is a teachable skill. Later in this article we discuss how…

3 years ago

5 ways to teach the link between grammar and imagination for better creative writing

If we inspire students to write creatively at length but don’t teach them how to use the necessary grammatical structures,…

3 years ago

Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?

COVID-19 lockdowns only increased the opportunity for those distractions to interfere with learning...

3 years ago

Choosing your senior school subjects doesn’t have to be scary. Here are 6 things to keep in mind

From about August each year, young people in year 10 go through a round of interviews to close in on…

3 years ago

Regional coal mining school combines music with STEM

The tune of a coal mining region of NSW country has changed as a regional primary school starts its day…

3 years ago

Choosing your senior school subjects doesn’t have to be scary. Here are 6 things to keep in mind

This is the first article in a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior…

3 years ago

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