A new study conducted by digital platform company Preply examined internet access and infrastructure in 30 OECD countries, finding Australian students experience one of the slowest broadband speeds of 45.9 Mbit/s. Given the reliance on remote learning during the COVID-19 ...
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The Screen Time Budget: How teaching parents how to budget screen time can help negotiate the minefield of kids and technology
Last week, after discussing how much time was being spent in front of Minecraft, my eldest came back at me with a frustratingly good observation: “But Dad… it’s educational!” He wasn’t wrong. As a high school maths teacher, I’d ordinarily ...
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EducationReview · What's wrong with TikTok? | Susan McLean After being released in China in 2016 and globally the following year, TikTok has quickly become a social media phenomenon. With its ability to create quirky, short-form videos incorporating dancing ...
More »Basics to brilliance: part 1
When children are at play, what are they doing? They are constantly testing themselves, testing others, they are competing and they are developing. When sport is taking place, what is the process? Sport is about tests and competition. When the ...
More »2020: Looking back and moving forward in education podcast – Adam Voigt – Episode 1
EducationReview · 2020: Looking back and moving forward in education - Adam Voigt - Episode 1 Education, like many sectors in 2020, was severely disrupted in several states and territories, with lockdowns, border closures and remote learning models all ...
More »New research highlights the implications of not finishing school, debunks intergenerational welfare myths
A new paper that explores the reasons why the children of welfare recipients are more likely to require welfare support themselves has revealed that not completing high school is the primary reason. The research also provides a more evidence-based understanding ...
More »Reading for fun: the last bastion of the English classroom – opinion
When students enter into learning – real learning as opposed to simply being given something to do – they can get lost in it much like I imagine an orchestra can be carried away by a musical composition. Readers are ...
More »Building a resilience culture in our schools: opinion
As we begin the 2021 school year across Australia, most school leaders cut their 'holidays' short and were back to work planning and engaging in professional learning long before they were scheduled to. If we are honest, many never really ...
More »Finnish education is coming to Australia: Podcast
EducationReview · Finnish education is coming to Australia | Michael Lawrence The last time I interviewed Michael Lawrence the experienced music and English teacher had just published his book Testing 3, 2, 1: What Australian Education Can Learn from ...
More »‘Our focus is never on results’: How a Brisbane girls’ school blitzed Year 12 in 2020
Despite legitimate concerns that COVID-19 could significantly impact Year 12 student achievement in 2020, over 77 per cent of a Brisbane girls’ school’s 190 students achieved an ATAR score of 90 or above (equivalent of OP 1-5). Following on from ...
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