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New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that modern lifestyles, including too much screen time, are negatively affecting young children’s readiness for school. The study, conducted by UniSA researchers Dr Kobie Boshoff, Alessia Pivato and Sarah ...

Forget snakes and spiders. In primary school, my biggest fear was long division. I still vividly remember the feeling. A gut-wrenching stress triggered by symbols that refused to make sense, numbers that seem to appear from nowhere, and concepts that ...

Just as we start to ease back into some normality, new variants of COVID-19 and concerns around the vaccination process globally have underscored the need to adapt and remain agile in an ever-changing environment.  The pandemic has had a very ...

An education expert is concerned that the increasing pressures and demands facing Australian teachers is limiting the spaces available for them to speak frankly about their emotions and learn from colleagues and mentors. Dr Saul Karnovsky spoke to Education Review ...

The teaching of fractions is often identified as the point in primary school instruction when the 'wheels tend to fall off’.  While there could be many reasons for this, the overuse of one preferred resource (e.g. circular discs) at the ...

A new article highlights how teachers believe they have to hide their emotions in the profession, which is correlating with both mental health problems and high rates of burnout in the sector. In a piece published in The Conversation, Curtin ...

 EducationReview · 2020: Looking back and moving forward in education podcast - Brad Scanlon - Episode 2 Education, like many sectors in 2020, was severely disrupted in several states and territories, with lockdowns, border closures and remote learning models ...

Over time, we’ve understood that traditional classroom furniture and traditional classroom design simply no longer facilitates the most effective, engaging and productive learning environment for students. Studies have highlighted that the physical classroom environment has a direct relationship with the ...

A US history teacher was astounded by his middle-school class’ lack of knowledge surrounding world events and history, with one student stating that D-Day was a rapper and another asking who Hitler was. The teacher, TikTok user @samuelsleeves, shared the ...

The Oxford Children’s Language Australia group has released a report that highlights declines in Australian students’ writing from Year 7 as well as differences in writing outcomes between male and female students. The group, which comprises experts in language and ...