University of Canberra researchers have launched a new resource to get kids active earlier in life. The Physical Literacy Activities Yearbook (PLAY) comprises 200 activity suggestions to help teachers prepare and deliver fun physical education for primary school students. It ...
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Online portal brings Barangaroo to the classroom
Lend Lease this week announced Discover Barangaroo, an online learning portal adding a new dimension to the state’s geography teaching syllabus. Lend Lease managing director for Barangaroo South, Andrew Wilson, said: “More than 60,000 NSW secondary school students who study geography each ...
More »Calls for maths shake-up to solve low levels of employment for people with disabilities
Children with disabilities who leave school without basic numeracy skills may struggle to gain employment later on, a Queensland University of Technology expert is arguing. Dr Bronwyn Ewing from QUT’s faculty of education pointed to the 2012 Human Rights Commission ...
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One of Australia’s biggest banks has announced the launch of a business program aimed at nurturing young entrepreneurs. NAB has partnered with the Foundation for Young Australians to deliver $20 Boss, a $1 million program designed to equip Australian students ...
More »A new challenge in maths teaching
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 ...
More »Schools make the switch to virtual excursions
In recent years education has transformed immensely, with technology being a driving force of this transformation. In particular, we have seen the rise of video collaboration solutions enter the classroom, expanding learning from the four walls of the school to ...
More »Early exposure to STEM education drives path to future careers
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 ...
More »Risk culture pervades school playground
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 ...
More »Smart pens protect the art of handwriting in digital age
As schools increasingly move towards embedding technology within the teaching process traditional learning techniques can be lost. However, the digital pen is one technological device that is set to bring back writing and drawing in a very modern way. During ...
More »Opinion: Pen and paper tests don’t work
Existing exam systems within schools and universities are trapped in the 19th century and aren’t properly preparing graduates for the workforce, educators at a recent conference in Brisbane heard. Microsoft education industry solutions manager Ray Fleming said there is a ...
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