In an effort to broaden the horizons of music education, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced this year’s Meet the Orchestra concert will be live streamed across the nation. Meet the Orchestra is part of the larger MSO Education Week ...
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Laying roots in Oman
A University of New England researcher is taking a school vegetable garden program global to help encourage healthy eating and combat obesity. UNE’s professor Neil Taylor is working with professor Abdullah Ambusaidi and Dr Rashid Al-Yahya of the Sultan Qaboos ...
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School segregation exacerbates inequality
Segregation by wealth in the school system is a threat to Australia’s education performance, a new report says. The next wave of gains in student achievement will depend on schools and education systems learning to collaborate with other schools, community ...
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Top teaching students in Geelong will gain valuable school experience in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the region, thanks to a new program launched by Deakin University. The National Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS) program will see ...
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Full STEAM ahead: a modern classroom
Melbourne’s Lauriston Girls’ School is breaking new ground in the way science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics – STEAM – are being taught to students. A fabrication laboratory, called a FabLab has been set-up to reinvent the classroom for the ...
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Support needed for cultural and linguistic diversity in early childhood, study shows
Childhood assessment and early intervention approaches must do more for children from culturally diverse backgrounds, according new research. Sarah Verdon who recently completed her PhD at Charles Sturt University investigated providing equitable and quality services for multilingual children with speech ...
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