Learning

If you’re preparing students for 21st century jobs, you’re behind the times

Teenage Australian boys are more likely to select careers in science and engineering. Paradoxically, they are 8% more likely to…

4 years ago

Making better use of Australia’s top teachers will improve student outcomes: here’s how to do it

Australia must do better in school education. Following our worst ever results in international tests last year, politicians are keen…

4 years ago

QLD breaks records with new vertical school opening

This school is the first to be built in Brisbane's inner city in more than 50 years and the first…

4 years ago

Downloadable resource: designing a problem-solving methodology in the classroom

The Design Thinking Across the Curriculum resource is a problem-solving methodology designed for students navigating a rapidly-changing world.

4 years ago

Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction

Our analyses revealed students who were taught using load reduction principles had higher levels of engagement in science and higher…

4 years ago

Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world

One problem with the Australian Curriculum content statements is that they are relatively abstract and detached from children’s lived experiences.

4 years ago

Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here’s how schools can help

In an outbreak situation, xenophobia does not feel like racism. Excluding people who “come from” the epicenter of the outbreak…

4 years ago

More students than ever before in 2020!

"In 2020, we'll see a once-in-a-generation spike in school enrolments, so it is more important than ever to ensure that…

4 years ago

STEM case study: Lasers, cells, netball and the movie 2040!

"Students designed and built models of high-rise houses and new greener public spaces, as a way of future proofing Adelaide's…

4 years ago

How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacher

It started as a New Year’s resolution driven by guilt and a touch of sibling rivalry – but by the…

4 years ago

This website uses cookies.