Students are deciding to study at TAFE rather than university for its merits – not as a "fallback". That was one of the findings to come from Monash University's Vocational Institutions, Undergraduate Degrees, Distinction or Inequality interim report. Among the reasons ...

Educators from all grade levels around Australia are starting to realise the benefits of digital technologies in the classroom. Typically, education is one of the last industries to make extensive change, holding on to traditional practices and methods. But digital ...

Is it possible for a teacher to “feel” the motivation of a student? The kind and intensity of motivation? It depends on the empathetic skills of the teacher. Usually the responses of the student – cognitive, behavioural and emotional – ...

Ever tried to play chasey in a skirt? The thing flaps and billows like a clumsy tornado about your knees. If you’re serious about not getting tagged, nine times out of ten, undergarments will be exposed. Pride will be lost. ...

Professor Pamela Snow is head of the La Trobe Rural Health School and will soon become Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the School of Education at La Trobe. In this podcast, Snow talks about how blended reading approaches, which are ...

As someone who was a teacher in a former life, I can relate to the common description of teaching as a largely thankless job. Often it’s not until years later that a teacher will be approached by a student they ...

Make school uniform rules uniform. That’s the call from an associate professor in psychology. Flinders University’s Sarah Cohen-Woods says efforts to provide students of all genders with comfortable and practical uniforms are being hampered by differing legislative requirements around Australia. ...

I was delighted recently when, through Education Minister Dan Tehan, I was asked by COAG’s Education Council to chair a review of how to improve senior secondary pathways into training, future education and work. So, I know, were the other ...

NSW is undergoing its biggest curriculum overhaul in 30 years, with a review released today finding it too cluttered and placing undue importance on the HSC and ATAR rankings at the expense of real world skills. The CEO of the ...

This week NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell announced she wanted “an overhaul” of ATAR. Her decision was based on research showing the population has lost faith in it and it was causing students too much stress. As 61,000 NSW students ...