Literature in the field informs that bullying is a destructive social behaviour, which has both immediate and long-term negative consequences on the brain and the body. Research undertaken by Ken Purnell, and also that of Pieter Rossouw (citing Margaret Semrud-Clikeman ...

It’s been a tough couple of years for Australian students and educators. In common with their counterparts around the world, they were forced to make an unplanned pivot to remote learning when the virus struck in early 2020. Since then, ...

Over the last two years, school leaders in Australia have led their institutions through the most significant health pandemic of the modern age. As the new year begins, many have just entered their third year of uncertainty, which has some ...

A new study has found that reading out loud to at-risk children can triple their resilience before they start school.  Researchers from the University of South Australia took data from over 60,000 kids aged between 5 and 6, focusing on ...

Involving young people in the design and delivery of consent education will be crucial for them to learn about having respectful and safe relationships, according to researchers. As of 2023, consent education will be made mandatory for all Australian high ...

Australia's education ministers have met to discuss their revision of the national curriculum, which will include emphasising the importance of phonics in teaching reading to students in Kindergarten to Year 2. Deputy Dean of Education at Western Sydney University, Dr ...

How much students value school and schoolwork will have a significant bearing on many educational outcomes, including their engagement, learning and achievement. In numerous ways, COVID-19 has impacted students’ valuing of school and schoolwork. In this article, I want to ...

The virtual classroom has evolved from an early 2000’s video conference that delivered instructions with little teacher interaction to an innovative, interactive and collaborative learning space that all students can be involved in. To meet the challenges of recent times, ...

The release of the 2021 NAPLAN results confirm there has been no statistically significant drop in student performance resulting from two years of the pandemic at both national and state/territory levels. But despite this positive news, the Australian Education Union ...

A new study has concluded that children’s books are still perpetuating outmoded and stereotypical gender roles, such as girls being passive and boys doing physical work and playing sport.  The study concentrated on eight day care centres in Australia and ...