In Episode 3 of APN Educational Media's weekly review podcast Talking Eds, editors James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review join me, news editor Patrick Avenell, to chat about the effectiveness of ...
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Abolish homework, punishments and rewards: Kohn
‘Let’s get rid of homework and grades.’ Any teacher who told a classroom this would probably become very popular with the kids. ‘Now let’s get rid of giving rewards if you do what I tell you.’ The kids may scratch ...
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Georgie, aged 16, has depression. She also has frequent panic attacks, she’s very stressed out, she just broke up with a high school sweetheart, some of her friends have depression, she doesn’t often sleep, and when she does, she snores loudly. Georgie ...
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School building and refurbishment is now a booming industry in New Zealand and Victoria. And one architect said educators from both sides of the Tasman Sea are trading ideas for their pet projects. New Zealand’s last federal Budget allocated NZ$882.5 ($825.7 million) ...
More »Children design own school, based on a treehouse
It’s not every day that kids get to design the school they learn in. But that’s exactly what the students of Bendigo’s Golden Square Primary School did. Now the school resembles a treehouse. When architects K2LD were commissioned to design ...
More »Principals directly influence exam results: study
University of Melbourne economists have determined that school principals have a direct impact on students’ scores in standardised testing, such as NAPLAN. Using Victorian Education Department public school data, economist Dr Mick Coelli found that principals who set clear strategic objectives ...
More »Talking Eds: BubDesk, EduTECH, soft skills and Roz Ward
In the second episode of APN Educational Media's new Week in Review podcast, now titled Talking Eds, new editor Patrick Avenell is joined by James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review to dissect ...
More »Measure students’ soft skills: Mitchell Institute
A university think tank wants the soft skills of schoolchildren to be measured, including critical thinking ability, work ethic and sense of community responsibility. The report Education data: Harnessing the potential, from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute, states that these attributes should ...
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Talk to most teachers, and they’ll tell you their job involves a fair share of stress. Many published studies show some stress can be good. It hones focus and helps you get things done. But too much stress can be very, ...
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Schoolworx is a student administration program for primary and high schools that enables administrators to visualise the performance, attendance and discipline of students and cohorts. It's a web-based program that centralises data for access on desktop and mobile devices. Modules include ...
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