When Christopher Hall was in primary school, a fellow student from his year failed to show up to class on Monday. The teacher simply said he wouldn’t be coming to class anymore. It turned out that over the weekend this young ...
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Despite the young adolescent period's significant physical, intellectual and emotional foment, the children-cum-teens in this 8–14-year-old age group receive relatively little attention from policymakers and academics. That is one of the findings from The Australian Child Wellbeing Project (ACWP) report prepared ...
More »Educators must mine games to improve the teaching craft
Games are a large and growing part of modern learning; educators must adapt to take advantage of this. Games have been used for hundreds of years for entertainment and education. The earliest games were used to hone and rehearse skills ...
More »Structure is essential for good outcomes from diverse cohort
Gleneagles principal relies on structure to make good outcomes a reality for a diverse cohort. When Sue Peddlesden was in secondary school, she witnessed women in leadership, including in the role of principal, at Camberwell High School. This was atypical ...
More »We must do more to protect and educate children with disabilities
The educational system is failing to educate, or even protect, children with disabilities. Two Senate committee reports published in the last three months deal substantially with the education of children with a disability. The conclusion is stark: Australia is the ...
More »LGBTIQ issues take centre stage at schools
To celebrate the start of the 2016 school year in Victoria, the Australian Education Union (Vic/Tas) hosted its first forum dedicated to LGBTIQ issues facing students, teachers and other staff in the public system on Saturday, February 6. The forum ...
More »‘Mixed’ report card for Closing the Gap
Progress on meeting the stated goals of the Closing the Gap initiative has been mixed, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said today in a speech. The PM praised Indigenous leaders and the other major parties for their collaborative approach to the ...
More »AIME, Triple J raise almost $90,000 for Indigenous scholarships
AIME Mentoring today revealed to Education Review that it has raised just under $90,000 through its first year of partnering with Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown. The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience works with Indigenous high school students to provide them ...
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