Australian mental health organisation Beyond Blue has rolled out a new campaign to raise awareness of Be You through its ‘Raise your Hand’ campaign to assist teachers and school leaders foster a positive environment and reduce extra work on staff ...

Showing your love of books and reading aloud in the classroom can effectively improve students' literacy skills, an education expert has said. In Australia, the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) report released in May showed that despite students' ...

Positive reinforcement, 'faking it till you make it' and music are effective strategies teachers can use to support students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new book. Fiona Kearnan, a casual teacher based in Victoria, has dedicated ...

A handful of the nation's most inspirational and hardworking educators will be recognised at the 2023 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards next month. The program, which has run since 2016, will award 12 teachers working in schools across Australia with $40,000 ...

Reducing classroom distractions and teaching behavioural skills to students will be essential to minimise disruptive behaviour at school, an education expert has said. The latest OECD report, which offered an outlook on Australia's education system, highlighted that the nation's "disciplinary ...

Better partnerships between universities and schools will be needed to strengthen Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and ensure future teachers stay on the job long-term. According to Australian Catholic University's Dean of Education Professor Mary Ryan, one of the major issues ...

More teachers in Australia are joining social media platforms like TikTok to share their day-to-day lives in the classrooms and connect online with their students. This new phenomenon is called 'Teach Tok'. According to Curtin University Professor of the School ...

Children can further develop their literacy and numeracy skills, social capabilities and creative thinking abilities through playtime, a playground expert has said.  Marcus Veerman, founder and CEO of Nüdel Kart, a deconstructable and mobile play carts concept based on 'loose ...

Teaching students' abstract reasoning skills can help improve their literacy and numeracy results, an education expert said. As part of a two-year project, around 180 Year 5 and 6 Victorian school students were taught how to solve puzzles with different ...

Are you feeling stressed, physically unwell, and dragging your feet to enter the classroom? you might be experiencing back-to-school blues, a psychology expert said. University of Queensland Professor of Clinical Psychology Vanessa Cobham said feeling gloomy at the beginning of ...