Teaching First Nations concepts can be quite challenging and lead to educators to giving up on covering the lessons or to rely solely on Indigenous teachers.  "Teachers can have a lot of ignorance and even though there's some interest in ...

Two years ago Gleeson College in South Australia made the decision to include virtual reality in its classrooms. Now, the tool is an everyday part of students' lives and is used in multiple classes such as PE, languages, art and ...

The new digital technology curriculum has been "decluttered" to help teachers focus on the essential skills students need. ACARA has also added a new concept: privacy and cyber security. The revised curriculum aims to focus on the foundation levels to help ...

An academic has called to mandate 'reading for pleasure' at school as a new study shows the correlation between reading enjoyment and academic performance. Integrating 30 minutes a day of reading for pleasure in the classroom could improve student’s results, ...

Students' interest and enrolment in maths subjects has dropped sharply in recent years following a longstanding national decline.  Yet, reviving students' interest in the topic might be achieved simply by doing one ‘rich maths lesson’ a month which will help ...

Excessive gaming has an impact on teenagers schooling, behaviours and attention focus, a new study shows.  Teenagers who spend a lot of time gaming have difficulties learning and focusing in the classroom as they cannot manage their emotions and impulses, ...

Test anxiety is a very common experience amongst students. In fact, in studies of university students, researchers have found that between 20 and 40 per cent of students experience test anxiety. But we know it also affects younger students in ...

School and education could be a solution to save indigenous languages from extinction, experts have said.  Earlier this year, a survey revealed that students in primary school would rather learn an indigenous language than a traditional foreign one. While more ...

Students' writing skills have plummeted over the years, and experts believe it can be due to a lack of frequency in writing exercises.  A new study by Edith Cowan University revealed the time teachers spend teaching writing skills varies from ...

Australians want a fair and an equitable education system. We want a system where all students enjoy equal opportunities and experiences that will equip each of them to lead productive and purposeful lives. But this is not happening. Australia ranks ...