In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review unpack body image issues on the preschool playground, look into the University of Southern Queensland ecologist who was forced to withdraw from ...
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R U OK? Or, as it is sounded out, Are You Okay? Thursday, September 8 is RUOK? Day, a designated moment in our lives to turn our attention to friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, fellow students and even strangers, and take an interest ...
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Primary school principal sees the value of building and applying command skills in everything from classroom teaching and learning to succession planning. When Susanne Fisher speaks about staff at Humpty Doo Primary School, where she is principal, she describes their ...
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The effectiveness of the ATAR system for qualifying for university places is again in the spotlight after the release of the 82 submissions to the Higher Education Standards Panel, many of which called for an overhaul of the system. Federal education ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, Episode 12: Childcare scams funding terrorism, #LetThemStay and old age myths
In a packed program this week, Loren from Early Learning Review talks about how childcare rorting might be funding terrorism, James from Education Review and Campus Review discusses the #LetThemStay movement among academics and Dallas Bastian from Aged Care Insite ...
More »Personalising the education experience, one tech advance at a time
John Baker is the founder, president and chief executive of D2L (née Desire2Learn), the Canadian learning management system (LMS) provider responsible for the Brightspace brand of educational tools. This week, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, D2L is hosting a regional ...
More »Dramatic synthesis: playtime stimulates students’ creative side
In which Opera House creatives blend with the dedication of teachers for a climax of successful student outcomes. Ring! Ring! “Hello, Frank Newman, creative learning specialist, Sydney Opera House.” (I never answer the phone like that. That line is just ...
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Supporting teachers in asking the right questions and taking the best approaches to their professional development gets results. Many educational landscapes around the globe have embraced the challenge of teacher professional learning and prioritised this within their systems. Australian education ...
More »Professional learning networks: making them count for new teachers
Professional learning networks can make a big difference in the careers of pre-service and early-career teachers; it's important that they learn how to get the most out of them. When students graduate from the UTS master of teaching program this year, ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, Episode 11: STEAMy on the Street, US college sports system and the sedentary century
This week on a jam-packed Episode 11 of Talking Eds, the team from Early Learning Review, Education Review and Campus Review unpack the STEAMy new Sesame Street initiative, dissect the US college sports scholarship system and discuss solutions to this ...
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