The smart, dedicated student might be not get the high marks of the smart, dedicated and emotionally intelligent student, new research suggests. Published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, the study showed that school and university students with higher emotional intelligence tend to ...
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Teachers’ understanding of ADHD patchy
Evidence shows that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disability and its symptoms shouldn’t be simply put down as bad behaviour. That’s something Associate Professor Helen Boon from James Cook University wants cleared up in schools. Boon said there was still some ...
More »NZ writing program helping to lift Queensland students’ writing standards
There has long been consensus among literacy and education experts that Australian students’ writing abilities are eroding, with last year’s NAPLAN results for years 7 and 9 showing an average decline since 2011. Teachers, politicians and the media have all ...
More »Australian teacher misses out on world’s most dedicated teacher awards
Australian teacher Helen Comerford from Lumen Christi Catholic College in NSW has missed out on the world’s most dedicated teacher award, after being pipped at the post by Columbian teacher Patricia Abril. Abril was born in Bucaramanga, Columbia, and teaches social ...
More »Call to thank teachers as report reveals troubling signs
Three-quarters of Australians teachers are feeling underappreciated and struggle with their workload. That’s one of the findings from one of the largest surveys of teachers in the country, conducted by Monash University. A new report, entitled Perceptions of Teachers and ...
More »Astrobiology study challenges students’ appreciation of the ‘nature of science’
UNSW researchers who surveyed students exposed to astrobiology have found that it instilled them with a better understanding of the true nature of science, which includes imagination and creativity. The results were collected during the Mission to Mars program at ...
More »Conflicting NSW, federal government coronavirus advice
The NSW government has requested children who have recently travelled to China amid the coronavirus outbreak to avoid school, hours after the federal education minister chastised schools for making the same recommendation. Parents in NSW were asked to keep their ...
More »Pen pal program gets students off to a flying literacy start
As a young boy I always enjoyed letter writing, especially if I was writing to someone from a different culture. Their names elude me now, but I can still recall the excitement I’d feel when my pen pal’s envelope arrived ...
More »Government issues coronavirus advice for parents of school children
Australia’s health department has released advice to parents of school children on dealing with the risk of the coronavirus. Parents of children who had contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus are being urged to keep them at home and to ...
More »Australian educator in the running for world’s best teacher
It’s not often that teachers are acknowledged for their hard work and the responsibilities they take on. That’s why competitions like Cambridge University Press’s annual search for the most dedicated teacher are so important. They motivate and reinvigorate teachers, helping them to believe ...
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