Where do high school students go for dating advice? Probably not their grandparents. Though this may change for some Year 9 students at Sydney’s Davidson High School, after 91-year-old Barrie advised them over Skype to “be bold” when it comes ...
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Who is more qualified to tackle climate change, politicians or high school students? The answer may depend on the elected official in question. But the Australian National University's Ian Chambers, a senior researcher at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ...
More »Stress making male teachers flee classroom: researchers
New research suggests that males' tendency to internalise stress could explain the chronic shortage of men in the classroom. A survey of 55 male pre-service teachers and 255 female pre-service teachers found that the men had higher levels of stress ...
More »Opinion: Maximising 3D printing’s educational benefits
3D printing is a technology that originated in additive manufacturing and lets users turn any digital file into a three-dimensional physical product. The technology for 3D printing has existed in some form since the 1980s; but for a long time ...
More »Opinion: Educating for high performance
It could be said that school education’s equivalent to the Olympics is the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). While Australia’s performance on the world’s sporting stage guarantees passionate discussion, our international performance in education doesn’t share quite the ...
More »Keep IT simple in schools
Keep It Simple Stupid. That’s one business leader's tech advice to schools. Nick Stanley, managing director of Tribal Group Asia Pacific, said it’s common for schools to try and implement a grand digital vision, without getting the basics right. Tribal Group is ...
More »‘War’ looms between STEM subjects: expert
An expert has warned of a discipline war among the STEM subjects, with engineering coming out on the bottom. STEM is the oft-used acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the focus of politicians and educators who are trying to lift ...
More »Early-learning groups say they know why NAPLAN flatlined
It’s turned out to be a bad investment: “record” government school funding hasn’t yielded concordantly higher numeracy and literacy results, as NAPLAN 2016 revealed last week. This year, reading and numeracy increased by minuscule increments in NAPLAN testing, whilst writing ...
More »Dinham’s new three ‘Rs’ for educational research
Most have heard of the educational theory of learning styles, which argues students can be categorised as either tactile, auditory or visual learners. It’s been around since the 1970s. It’s also now largely regarded as pseudo-scientific fad; studies have found no ...
More »Tips for helping school refusers get back to class
For up to 5 per cent of students, just thinking about going to school can lead to panic attacks, headaches and stomach pains. Most of these kids are frequently absent from school, often with parental consent. The students have an emotional disorder that mental ...
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