Drawing on a recent research report, Hidden in the Figures: What Students Are Telling Us About the Effectiveness of Astrobiology Outreach, PhD candidate and research assistant Isabelle Kinglsey explains in this video how students' understanding of the nature of science ...
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Closing the Gap Report 2020: what progress has been made in education?
Over a decade ago, Commonwealth, state, territory and local governments committed to closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage in a number of key areas. The 2020 Closing the Gap Report has just been released, containing information relating to Indigenous peoples’ life ...
More »Independent school sector rolls out program to help school communities deal with trauma
Australia’s independent schools’ union has created an online program to help school staff and students deal with the trauma associated with this summer’s unprecedented fire season. The online training commences today, with nearly 500 subscribers. After the course finishes, a recording of ...
More »Australian Principals Federation president says abusive parents get ‘a slap on the wrist’
The president of the Australian Principals Federation, Julie Podbury, is calling for more respect from parents towards school staff and believes abusive parents should face the full force of the law. Podbury’s comments were made on ABC Radio’s Mornings and followed ...
More »NZ writing program helping to lift Queensland students’ writing standards
There has long been consensus among literacy and education experts that Australian students’ writing abilities are eroding, with last year’s NAPLAN results for years 7 and 9 showing an average decline since 2011. Teachers, politicians and the media have all ...
More »Australian teacher misses out on world’s most dedicated teacher awards
Australian teacher Helen Comerford from Lumen Christi Catholic College in NSW has missed out on the world’s most dedicated teacher award, after being pipped at the post by Columbian teacher Patricia Abril. Abril was born in Bucaramanga, Columbia, and teaches social ...
More »Call to thank teachers as report reveals troubling signs
Three-quarters of Australians teachers are feeling underappreciated and struggle with their workload. That’s one of the findings from one of the largest surveys of teachers in the country, conducted by Monash University. A new report, entitled Perceptions of Teachers and ...
More »Astrobiology study challenges students’ appreciation of the ‘nature of science’
UNSW researchers who surveyed students exposed to astrobiology have found that it instilled them with a better understanding of the true nature of science, which includes imagination and creativity. The results were collected during the Mission to Mars program at ...
More »Pen pal program gets students off to a flying literacy start
As a young boy I always enjoyed letter writing, especially if I was writing to someone from a different culture. Their names elude me now, but I can still recall the excitement I’d feel when my pen pal’s envelope arrived ...
More »Australian educator in the running for world’s best teacher
It’s not often that teachers are acknowledged for their hard work and the responsibilities they take on. That’s why competitions like Cambridge University Press’s annual search for the most dedicated teacher are so important. They motivate and reinvigorate teachers, helping them to believe ...
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