Super-Awesome Sylvia calls for all educators to get making
In an exclusive interview, education editor Antonia Maiolo speaks to YouTube sensation Super-Awesome Sylvia at the EduTECH conference in Brisbane. At just 13 years old Sylvia is wowing students and adults alike with her DIY web show series which features ...
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Maths and culture combine for PNG teachers
A Charles Sturt University researcher is working alongside teachers in remote villages in Papua New Guinea to help them better engage children in mathematics learning. At the heart of the project is helping teachers recognise maths-related thinking in cultural activities and ...
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High-performing Asian countries shed traditional education systems
Western countries trying to catch up with high-performing education systems in Asia will soon be left behind as they begin to shed their traditional models of learning, new research warns. A new report, Lessons that matter: What should we learn ...
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A Deakin University researcher has launched a fundraising campaign for a study into how therapy dogs can raise literacy levels among young children. Dr Tony Chalkley began the campaign after witnessing previously reluctant readers, happily reading to a therapy dog ...
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Cyberbullying more complicated than face-to-face attacks
Cyberbullying can be worse than traditional face-to-face bullying, one expert argues. Dr John Selby from Macquarie University said in a number of ways cyber-bullying can be more complicated than traditional forms of bullying and that schools should have processes in ...
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