Students are often subject to stress that can prevent them from staying focused in class while impacting their learning. However, by spending time in nature, students can restore their mind, increase their mood, boost their social skills and improve their ...

In the past few weeks, mathematics has made the headlines of the education sector news. Amongst the issues are a new curriculum, the lowest enrolment rate ever in Australia in for Year 12 students, and peak bodies advocating for better ...

Research is revealing that online technologies and digital play can increase children's well-being, help develop their creativity, create positive emotions and improve their collaborative skills. According to Curtin University associate professor Karen Murcia, today's children are growing up in a ...

Teaching is a diverse practice in which professionals develop their own style over time, and multiple methods are available to prepare and deliver lessons. Through his new book, author Dr Nigel Wilson has developed a new teaching method – the ...

Most students lack knowledge when it comes to financial literacy and have little understanding of concepts such as superannuation or savings, new research from Griffith University reveals. Co-author and lecturer in finance and financial planning in the Griffith Business School, ...

In Australia, about 98% of schools are using some form of streaming to organise students into different classes based on their abilities. Yet, new research from the School of Education at Edith Cowan University suggests some students find streaming to ...

A recent report from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership reveals that nearly five hundred thousand educators have had their wellbeing impacted by the last three years of bushfires, floods, Covid-19, lockdowns and online learning. Teacher, coach, author and ...

Between 2019 and 2021 the Victorian and Federal Governments focused on recruiting career-change teachers to help schools facing high turnover and teacher shortages. Career-change teachers are those who have switched career to become teachers or who are currently shifting from ...

Schools around Australia have been stricken by the latest surge in Covid-19, forcing classes to close or operate with minimal staff. For the past two weeks, at least 25 per cent of NSW public school students and teachers have been ...

School funding is under the spotlight once again thanks to a recent report from the NSW Teachers Federation which revealed that about 130 private schools were overfunded by a total of 120 million dollars, leaving a government funding shortfall for ...