In one of 2019's first viral essays, How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation, Ann Helen Petersen wrote, "For many millennials, a social media presence – on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter – has also become an integral part of obtaining and maintaining a ...
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‘School wellbeing is not compulsory yoga’: fed up teachers air grievances
School wellbeing is not: Compulsory yoga - when a teacher wants to sleep ? Cakes in the staffroom - when a teacher isn’t hungry ? “Don’t do any work on the wknd” - when if a teacher doesnt, they’ll be ...
More »Australia’s principal crisis: How to improve mental health and mentally prepare principals for the top job
Amid growing concerns about the mental health of those in the teaching profession, a recent article in The Age underscored a looming crisis: a critical shortage of principals in Australian schools. With research consistently pointing to high levels of stress ...
More »Award-winning teacher’s equation for success
Dr Kevin Larkin can no longer claim to be an ordinary teacher. The Senior Lecturer (Mathematics Education) at Griffith University has just scooped the title of 2018 Australian University Teacher of the Year. As one of the 13 winners at the Australian ...
More »Growing number of principals subjected to physical violence: survey
Principals are working long hours, increasingly at risk of violence and being buried under excessive admin. That’s according to the latest Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing survey, which highlighted the stressors taking a toll on principals' wellbeing. The ...
More »Climate change: as students strike again, teachers could be gagged
New South Wales Education Minister Rob Stokes has warned students and teachers will be punished if they follow through on a climate rally during class time, scheduled for 15 March. https://t.co/2yPT0QpRVu — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) February 18, 2019 Ok. ...
More »Tap to feel better: de-stressing methods under the microscope
Should you tap your way to feeling less stressed? Or is plain old 'switching off' the better option? That’s what Bond University researchers hope to confirm as part of a new study into psychological interventions for stress. Research lead Associate ...
More »Why levity is the soul of teaching
How many of you still remember that teacher of your college days who had more to offer than just nondescript, soporific lectures – that teacher who held your attention throughout class with humour and levity? I’m sure many of you ...
More »It’s near-definitive: students who study creative arts get better grades
Would you steer a Year 6, 7 or 8 student away from 'soft' subjects like art and music to harder ones like maths and English? Intuitively, it seems that fluffier-seeming subjects allow for fun and creativity alone. A new study, however, shows ...
More »Corporations, government betting on children to save democracy and washing machines
One day after a 'sophisticated state actor' hacked Australian government servers, it was announced that children as young as eleven will be trained to potentially thwart such attacks in the future. On Tuesday, the Schools Cyber Security Challenges program was launched at St Andrew's ...
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