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Professor Catherine Beavis is all for digital learning, but not testing. Well, not quite yet. With trials of online NAPLAN tests commencing in around 500 NSW schools this week, equity, Beavis said, is the issue. Some students are disadvantaged by ...

David Unaipon - the Indigenous man on the Australian $50 note - would be proud. Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney is about to give an inaugural lecture at King’s College London (KCL) bearing his name. Rigney, in addition to being a UniSA education ...

A new Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) report has shown when it comes to career goals, boys will be boys, and girls, girls. Using nationally representative data from the LSAC study, they looked at the career aspirations of 14 ...

‘It’s not fair’ is a refrain whined by children the world over. Though a study has found seven-year-olds may comprehend this concept more so than four-year-olds. Two groups of children, one aged four to five, the other aged seven to ...

National Science Week gives people a chance to think ahead. But the technological future isn't just about emotive robots and self-driving cars; it also involves children. That's why, if we want a smart machine programming a self-driving car, we need to ensure ...

In 2014, the phrase ‘like a girl’ went viral. Thanks to a savvy advertising campaign by Always: a feminine hygiene brand, these three words busted sexist stereotypes of girls’ athletic abilities. The campaign contained a video that showed a variety ...

Referencing neither sit-ups, nor cornflakes, Kristin Fontichiaro advised a group of Victorian librarians to teach students to get crunchy. She was, of course, alluding to data. In Melbourne for a School Library Association of Victoria conference, Fontichiaro, a clinical assistant professor at the University of ...

Curiosity about body parts, self-exploration, looking at or touching other children’s bodies, and interest in toileting activities are all typical sexual behaviours of young children. However, when asked about this, some educators only identified the first two as such. More ...

There probably couldn’t be two more diametrically opposed environments than St Stephen’s School in Perth, and Jehovah Jireh Haven in Alexandria, South Africa. St Stephen's School, a co-educational Christian school of the Uniting Church, is all clipped lawns, neat navy ...

With technology disrupting everything, including education, it’s no surprise that Auslan is next. Australia’s predominant sign language is being digitally upgraded by SignVR; a virtual reality education platform. Designed by young entrepreneur Jessie Hughes, it aims to make Auslan more ...