Teaching
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Teacher's Desk
Teachers need ‘psychological capital’
We must acknowledge the mental fatigue teachers face...
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News
Teachers’ expectations help students to work harder, but can also reduce enjoyment and confidence – new research
Our latest research has looked at just this and found that teachers’ pressure expectations can lead to students working harder…
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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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Technology
School project maps Aboriginal heritage site
Students from Brewarrina Central School are piloting the project, working with Aboriginal Elders to identify landmarks significant to the local…
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News
Here’s how Aussie kids can move more at school, Nordic style
Mandating 60+ mins of activity per week, Nordic countries are aiming to only use specialist physical education teachers.
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Teacher's Desk
Adam Voigt: Can kids on the Autism spectrum “do” empathy?
Empathy is both a cognitive and intuitive capability.
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News
Children have tutors to fill gaps not to charge ahead, say parents
We interviewed 35 parents about tutoring for their Year 5 (aged around 9-10) children. The parents were from both urban…
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Children with autism may use memory differently: Understanding could help us teach them
The high proportion of children on the autism spectrum presents an obvious challenge to teachers and the learning environment.
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Industry voices
Extra funding for schools after North Queensland floods
The Morrison Government says it will provide $4 million to assist 25 non-government schools that were impacted by the floods,…
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Industry voices
Interactive classrooms to future-proof your school
Is it possible to engage more students by integrating their self-taught digital skills and innate online abilities with classroom subjects?
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