Education

TIMSS report demands effort to lift Aussie school standards

Only half of Australia’s Year 4 students attended schools where more than 25 per cent of students enter school foundational…

3 years ago

It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle

Health education frequently fails to teach the menstrual cycle in its full entirety, focusing mostly on the bleeding part of…

3 years ago

Mathematics is beautiful

Michelle Tregoning shares insights into the department’s approach to increase student participation and engagement in maths.

3 years ago

Time’s run out for NAPLAN, says teacher union

The annual NAPLAN tests, which commenced in schools this week, are simply not fit for purpose, according to public school…

3 years ago

To understand racism, kids must empathise with its impact — and teachers must embrace discomfort

This kind of education is known as “pedagogies of discomfort”. It involves teachers deliberately placing students in situations where they…

3 years ago

Kingswood College: Preparing students for their future, not our past

Dramatic decisions on the future of learning and teaching will be made deliberately or by default as communities emerge from…

3 years ago

Starting behind: more than half of young Australian kids living in adversity don’t have the skills they need to learn to read

How easily a child learns to read largely depends on both their early oral language and pre-reading skills. Difficulties in…

3 years ago

Children own around 3 digital devices on average, and few can spend a day without them

Pasi Sahlberg and Amy Graham say that many parents told them they hoped schools would focus more on children’s digital…

3 years ago

Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions

In a 2006 study, researchers interviewed 272 teenagers and found they internalised “scripts” about relationships and sexuality. The researchers wrote…

3 years ago

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