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Twelve outstanding teachers and educational leaders have been named as winners of this year’s Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards. Spread right around the country and covering schools small and large and located in remote areas and capital cities, the 12 teaching ...

One of Australia’s leading audio companies has launched a program to provide free podcasting equipment to NSW schools to help them manage remote learning challenges caused by COVID-19 coronavirus. RØDE Microphones is making up to $2m worth of its podcasting ...

The increasing shift to paperless schools could have a negative impact on student literacy, with a new study showing crucial links between handwriting and other literacy skills. The study, conducted by Monash University’s Dr Anabela Malpique and University of Canberra’s ...

We all have to eat. This fact of life is non-negotiable and it applies to every living creature on earth. Just like every animal and plant, humans require certain survival skills, just like mammals who teach their babies which plants ...

The teen tendency to sleep in may be to their benefit, according to experts currently researching the impact of changes in sleep, body clock and light on teenage brains. Monash University sleep scientists are conducting the research to uncover how ...

Are Australian schools doing enough to facilitate play-time at school, in particular outdoor play? The answer, according to Western Sydney University’s Professor Tonia Gray, is a resounding ‘no’. “Contrary to the belief we Aussies are a nature-loving outdoor nation, we’re ...

Maths teachers who love their work, are more likely to embrace struggle within the classroom, taking an inquiry-based approached to learning, without jumping in to solve problems for students. The link between teacher enjoyment and positive learning processes was discovered ...

Students at more than 250 government-run schools in the United Arab Emirates are officially done with homework. The National newspaper reports that the Education Ministry is abolishing homework in public schools in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to ...

With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out what their children have achieved at school during the past two years. Isn’t it strange, then, that VCE results provide so little insight ...

Workforce analytics tools have long been used in a number of industry sectors, but their use in the education system has generally been limited. Dr Vicki Cameron, chief education officer at PeopleBench, says while schools have made use of data ...