You don’t need fancy labs to teach science in school, an educator has argued, just go down to the supermarket and spend $10. Holly Kershaw, creative director of Fizzics Education – a provider of science workshops and shows for children ...
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One-quarter of education workforce financially stressed: AMP
A report from financial services company AMP has found financial stress among workers in the education sector is on par with the national average of 25 per cent. AMP commissioned market research firm TNS Global to interview 2,105 Australians working ...
More »Poor teen readers fare OK in job market: study
Australian teenagers with poor reading skills are no worse off than those with medium reading proficiency when it comes to future employment, a new study from the University of Melbourne suggests. The research, from UniMelb economists, found poor readers at ...
More »Two take nation’s top science teaching honours
Two teachers have taken the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. Gary Tilley, a specialist science teacher at Seaforth Public School in Sydney’s Northern beaches, was awarded the honour in primary education, for mentoring younger teachers and Macquarie ...
More »Study links PISA scores, classroom discipline
While a new study suggests the strict classroom discipline found in many East Asian countries contributes to higher Programme for International Student Assessment scores, evidence suggests it may also place a high mental health burden on these nations' students. "Work ...
More »Public schools have had plenty of time to improve: researcher
As the debate about school funding and closing the gap between rich and poor schools continues, one expert has argued increasing public school funding is not the answer, instead saying the federal government should look at implementing a US-style charter ...
More »New website schools NSW parents on ethics class option
A website launched by Primary Ethics, the provider of ethics lessons in New South Wales, may help more parents become aware of the availability of non-religious ethics instruction for their children. Recently, the NSW Government made informing parents of kindergarteners about ethics lessons ...
More »Futurist says robots will share the classroom, not take it over
About 50 years from now, classrooms will become virtual, artificial intelligence will help run schools, and education won’t run on an “authoritarian model”. Yet teachers and school buildings will remain, a learning futurist and consultant has predicted. With a trove ...
More »CBA provides schools VR headsets to teach financial literacy
Virtual reality will be helping some school students learn how to manage money, under a new pilot from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. CBA’s Start Smart program – which has been running since 2007 – is undertaking a two-month trial to ...
More »Children with ADHD less likely to finish school
University of Queensland researchers have linked ADHD and conduct disorder (CD) to long-term disadvantage, as children with these conditions are more likely to drop out of high school and not enrol in tertiary education. A study published in the Journal of ...
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