External Learning
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Kids will need recess more than ever when returning to school post-coronavirus
Having experienced their own isolation, anxiety, exhaustion and challenges of taking schools online, school leaders are now challenged to redesign…
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Trade apprentices will help our post COVID-19 recovery. We need to do more to keep them in work
Australia risks a generation of lost apprenticeships as young people lose connections with their employers and cannot complete their training.…
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Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online
Children working at home are not usually protected by the filters provided by their school.
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What is homeschooling? And should I be doing that with my kid during the coronavirus lockdown?
Age levels and year levels are less important in home education – children’s work is targeted to where they are…
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Op-Ed: How to optimise online learning in the age of Coronavirus
Professor of Educational Psychology Andrew Martin offers a five-point guide for educators in the face of COVID-19. Due to the…
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Using empathy to problem solve with ‘design thinking’
Mount Terry Public School is integrating design thinking into its curriculum planning after seeing the benefits of students using empathy…
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You won’t believe where these school tours are taking students
School tours are more exciting than ever, featuring Broadway workshops, Stella Adler acting workshops, international sports competitions, lunches with NASA…
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Outdoor learning builds bonds with students
“Seventy-one percent of secondary students felt that,” according to a study, “their teachers had a better understanding of how they…
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Real life, real stakes, real learning
With the creeping focus on real-world context, LEOTC has never been so explorative, engaging or exciting.
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Teachers, get out more!
Place-based learning is out-of-classroom learning without the seven-hour bus journey and inevitable front seat vomiter.
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