An internal government report has called for the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) to be held at the beginning of education degrees, so students aren’t potentially wasting their time. In comes after revelations that almost one ...

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 ...

Research from the Macquarie University Business School suggests it’s time to rethink our attitude towards personal discipline in education, something it says has been out of vogue for decades now. Self-discipline is critically important in creating a meaningful and successful ...

In trying to teach self-management to young students who had been identified as being impulsive and unruly, Donald Meichenbaum found he was able to help these students manage and control their impulsive behaviours when he applied the strategy of self-talk. ...

As we near the end of the school year, graduation ceremonies look set to be yet another casualty of COVID. Yet if any cohort deserves the tears and cheers of a full ceremony, it’s this year’s Year 12s. There’s the ...

EducationReview · New book draws on the science of learning for study success | Scott Francis As the end high school approaches for students and high-stakes exams are soon to take place, knowing how to study most effectively could mean ...

It’s been an unhelpful stereotype for decades now: girls excel in English and other language-orientated subjects, while boys more easily grasp the concepts of maths and the sciences. I saw this kind of gendered determinism played out not only 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 ...

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 ...