Education

The new syllabus has 25 scientists mentioned 56 times. But no women are referred to by name, nor are any contributions women have made to physics included.

Adam describes his genuinely amazement at how often he's asked one particular question when it comes to serious student behaviour infractions.

Teachers already know how important wellbeing is, but knowing what to do about it is the real challenge.

It’s one thing to supply teachers with adaptive learning software but do teachers have the training and skills to make the most of the futuristic technology?

Despite the issues with trust, news media is a critical part of keeping up to date and informed for most Australians – particularly young people. It’s crucial we better empower young people to understand our ever-shifting media landscape. This is central to the health of our democracy.

This week, Adam delves into some of the key dynamics that could hamper a student's propensity to listen, speak, think or do.

"Included in the kit is the eighth book in the 'Century of Service' series, 'Candour: Stories in the words of those who served 1914–18', which contains diary extracts and letters from service men and women who served during the First World War, providing interesting accounts of life during the war.

“This is important because motivation to achieve plays a key role in educational success, and in an individual’s drive to set and attain education and career goals,” said Dr Sue Thomson.

This year’s NAPLAN results have finally landed. The results are a few weeks behind schedule, due to disagreement over how scores should be reported between the body that administers the test and state education officials.

Australian Education Union federal president Correna Haythorpe said public schools are missing out on billions of dollars in urgently needed funding due to the Morrison government’s cuts.