Learning
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10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools
We regularly hear from teachers and teacher librarians who are concerned about the state of silent reading in schools.
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Bushwalking and bowls in schools: we need to teach kids activities they’ll go on to enjoy
Adults with positive memories of HPE are more likely to be physically active throughout their lives.
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Teacher's Desk
Teacher-student relationships crucial to student engagement
Interestingly, they found the benefits of positive relationships actually outweighed the negative effects of poor relationships.
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Opinion
Why memorising poetry still matters
Internalising a poem need not be a rote process. Done right, in fact, it is an intellectual exercise that illuminates…
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News
How to make good arguments at school (and everywhere else)
One shortcoming in the Australian Curriculum is that it asks students to write persuasively, by using emotive language.
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One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school
We found children who cared for a person with a mental illness or one using alcohol or other drugs had…
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Students quiz leaders about their future at GoogleHQ
100 public school students asked some of Australia’s leading thinkers and futurists, 'How might we humanise technology?'
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Teacher's Desk
Adam Voigt: How we signal negative feelings in students
We do our students an awful disservice when our responses to wrong doing or even to negative feelings being experienced…
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