The History Council of New South Wales has launched a statement emphasising the value of history and the ways in which it can enhance many aspects of our lives. Delivered by Dr Stephen Gapps at the recent Annual History Lecture ...
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Parents push back against nation-wide mobile phone ban
Parental discontent was a theme that emerged last week when education ministers met at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to discuss both NAPLAN and mobile phone bans during school times, a move already planned for primary and secondary state ...
More »How to embed RUOK Day’s message into the classroom, permanently
As a culture, we have made great strides when it comes to our understanding and acceptance of mental health. Even just a few decades ago, mental health was rarely mentioned during a student’s time at school, let alone dealt with ...
More »A holistic approach to educational neuroscience: opinion
The brain is involved in all learning that we do, so if we’re in the business of learning doesn’t it make sense that we know how the brain learns best? The current generation of young Australians will spend 11,000 hours ...
More »Indigenous Literacy Day – helping to close the gap
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Indigenous Literacy Day takes place on Wednesday September 4. The focus of the national celebration of indigenous culture, story-telling, literacy and language is on drawing attention to the disadvantages faced by Indigenous peoples living in remote ...
More »Studying for success – Part 3: Note-taking effectively
Dr Steven Greene shares his tips about what note-taking is, why it's important and some strategies for doing it well in the third installment of our series on studying for success. Greene says effective note-taking should be "an accurate record ...
More »Keeping sick kids connected with school
Even missing a few days from school can be disrupting. You have to catch up on lessons, you miss out on the latest gossip. There’s a new game your friends are playing at lunchtime, and you don’t know the rules. ...
More »Valuing teachers: how can we avoid 5 year burnout?
It's an alarming statistic that educator Stephanie Wescott now belongs to: leaving the teaching profession after just five years of practice. In a wide-ranging interview in The Age, which covered everything from teachers not "being trusted to do their work" ...
More »This week’s hot topic: Mark Latham’s views on teacher pay and performance-based funding
Whether you agree with him or not, Mark Latham is always passionate about getting things done, and his latest agenda has been improving NSW's education system, particularly performance-based teacher pay and lifting student achievement across the board. Listen to a ...
More »Global teaching exchange program open to Australia in 2020
A US-based teacher exchange program is accepting applications for Australian and New Zealand teachers wishing to participate in a teacher exchange program in the United States next year. For over 30 years, Participate Learning has had nearly 10,000 teachers from ...
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