From catering for students seeking all levels of qualifications to a focus on wellbeing for the entire community, Aranmore Catholic’s principal wants to help everybody succeed. Each school day, between 30 and 50 young people eat at the Breakfast Club ...
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Few schools properly teach advanced maths: AMSI
Less than 7 per cent of schools in Australia are “fully able to give kids the best education in maths” at the advanced level, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has estimated. AMSI director Geoff Prince made these comments to Education ...
More »Opinion: early-childhood instruction needed to improve TIMSS rankings
The release of the Trends in International Maths and Science Study international rankings for Year 4 and Year 8 has produced a plethora of hand wringing about how badly Australia is doing. In amidst the claims that the data proves school funding ...
More »Neuroscientists tiff over effects of screen time on young brains
During the early years of a human’s life, trillions of brain-cell connections, called synapses, are formed, thanks to jolts of stimulation. As Donald Hebb’s theory rhymes, “neurons that fire together, wire together”. Brain stimulation can come from just about anything, ...
More »Birmingham to use TIMSS report to spruik reform
Federal education minister Simon Birmingham plans to use Australia's poor performance in the recent Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to spruik the necessity of the government’s reforms to the states and territories. “When I sit down with my state ...
More »Sydney’s Waverley College spends $23 million on new trades centre
Waverley College, a Sydney independent school, has spent $23 million on a new building aimed at helping its students learn a trade and other vocational skills. In this centre is a BOSE speaker system, multimedia screens, retractable lighting bar and ...
More »Keep phonics test focused on phonics: expert
While the federal government has endorsed a phonics check for Year 1 students, one researcher has warned that the check should not overextend its reach. Dr Jennifer Buckingham, an education researcher from the Centre of Independent Studies, recently completed a report ...
More »Future teachers will analyse data for use: Microsoft official
Future teachers could be required to have some skills similar to data scientists, as they’ll use such numbers to personalise learning, a Microsoft executive has said. Ray Fleming, Microsoft Australia’s education industry development manager, said there is potential for schools ...
More »‘Talking Eds’, episode 18: White Ribbon Day divisions, USYD heads to China, Torrens educates teachers about autism
In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at the history and effect of White Ribbon Day, discuss the University of Sydney's expansion in China and explore Torrens University's new ...
More »Learning with moral authority: lessons from Lewis Carroll
Praxis education is what the world needs to create an environment where schooling serves the individual and public good. Serious debate regarding education in Australia, and indeed around the world, has been at a frustratingly low level for some time. ...
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