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 ...

A recent snapshot of Australian parents’ attitudes towards education shows that more than one in three parents feel unequipped to support their children’s learning into the future. Parents and their children’s success The study by tutoring service Cluey Learning concluded ...

Weeks have gone by since students across the country received their ATAR results, and many have already been offered places at university and accepted them. However, a large number of former students will be pursuing other options – such as vocational ...

Clifton Creek Primary School was once an idyllic place for learning, set among the foothills of East Gippsland, Victoria, where the “farmland meets the forest”. Now, however, it is no more – yet another casualty of the worst bushfires in ...

Despite the reform agenda made at the two-day Education Council meeting in Alice Springs, the Australian Education Union (AEU) has labelled it Groundhog Day. The AEU believes Australia’s education system is stuck in a “time loop of bad policy, no ...

A commitment of $46 million to support early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been announced by Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan ahead of this week’s Education Council meeting in Alice Springs. The aim of the funding is to ...

A UNSW academic has pointed to classroom disruption and disrespect as key causes of Australia’s poor Programme for International Assessment (PISA) results this year. Associate Professor Jihyun Lee from the school of education said PISA measures the disciplinary or disruptive ...

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering is deeply concerned about this year’s maths and science results in PISA, saying they are the lowest on record. The academy echoes PISA national project manager Sue Thompson’s sentiments, saying “we are not ...

More than ever, educators are teaching students who have been diagnosed with or show signs of a mental illness, including depression, anxiety, ADHD and bipolar disorder. Last week headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, launched a campaign to raise ...

A report tabled in parliament last week on the status of the teaching profession has been heavily criticised by teaching experts, with one calling it a “missed opportunity”. The report was prepared by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...