October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and this represents a special time for educators of students with Down syndrome and others with a range of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. More informed models of teaching mathematics must include rich, comparable educational ...

As Year 12 students across Australia prepare for the culmination of their schooling, a proportion of over-achievers will be setting their expectations high and will likely be fearful about not reaching their perfectionist heights. The perfectionist syndrome led clinical PhD ...

An RMIT expert has called for an end to the use of suspensions and exclusions to manage the behaviour of students with disability, as well as an overhaul of the dominant discipline model.                               Dr David Armstrong, an ...

Two Australian education experts have offered some advice to improve students' chances of success as Year 12 students across the country prepare to finish a unique and highly challenging academic year. Andrew Martin is Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational ...

Have you ever been upset and turned to someone to seek comfort and reassurance, only to have them say something like: “It’s not worth getting upset about”, “why did you do that?!”, “it could be worse”, “everything happens for a ...

If you’ve ever been part of education circles in the Northern Territory, the name Adam Voigt is widely recognisable. Having spent a lot of his professional life teaching there, he worked at a range of schools and became a well-respected ...

Understanding the importance of motivation in education has never been more significant than now. Studies have shown that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation directly correlates with an improvement in students’ academic performance and grades. However, the current educational discord as ...

While strong and positive student-teacher relationships are always important, they take on a new level of significance during a pandemic, a UNSW educational psychology lecturer says. In a climate of fear, change and disruption, Dr Rebecca Collie argues that developing ...

The educational, social and developmental benefits of digital technology are clear - especially in the midst of a global pandemic, where our devices have become a vital window to the outside world. Despite this, we can’t ignore the risks that ...

In 2020, the issue of mental health is high on the agenda for schools around the country. With a global pandemic adding a large dose of extra anxiety into the lives of our students and staff alike, talking about our ...