Making mathematics more difficult can actually improve learning in low-achieving students, a new study has found. The Monash University study explored a unique way of delivering a lesson on fractions where teachers provide students with challenging maths tasks to work ...

The University of Melbourne has taken up the challenge of instilling a love for STEM subjects in young children. Over two days the university is hosting 300 primary school students at the Melbourne School of Engineering and will show students ...

Risk anxiety amongst teachers and parents is invading the school playground and could lead to inactivity and boredom, a Charles Darwin University researcher is suggesting in a new report. International Graduate Centre of Education researcher and lecturer Dr Brendon Hyndman ...

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important for the modern classroom particularly when it comes to improving productivity and effectiveness through technology, a roundtable discussion heard yesterday at a conference in Brisbane. Matthew O’Brien, head of strategic planning at Brisbane Boys College ...

A US educator has urged his Australian contemporaries to embrace the possibilities of tablet PC-based learning. He called it the simplest and most effective tech-based modality for transforming classroom experiences. Speaking at the EduTECH 2015 conference in Brisbane this week, ...

Western countries trying to catch up with high-performing education systems in Asia will soon be left behind as they begin to shed their traditional models of learning, new research warns. A new report, Lessons that matter: What should we learn ...

A University of New England researcher is taking a school vegetable garden program global to help encourage healthy eating and combat obesity. UNE’s professor Neil Taylor is working with professor Abdullah Ambusaidi and Dr Rashid Al-Yahya of the Sultan Qaboos ...

Segregation by wealth in the school system is a threat to Australia’s education performance, a new report says. The next wave of gains in student achievement will depend on schools and education systems learning to collaborate with other schools, community ...

Top teaching students in Geelong will gain valuable school experience in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the region, thanks to a new program launched by Deakin University. The National Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS) program will see ...

Childhood assessment and early intervention approaches must do more for children from culturally diverse backgrounds, according new research. Sarah Verdon who recently completed her PhD at Charles Sturt University investigated providing equitable and quality services for multilingual children with speech ...