School communities are still failing to best support students with autism – and a lack of understanding about communication may be to blame. Professor Jacqueline Roberts, director of the Griffith University Autism Centre of Excellence, said while the implementation of adaptations as to ...
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Selective schools hothouse advantage, are problematic: paper
Parents of students who attend Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus and James Ruse Agricultural High School have occupations and educational achievements that surpass almost all others in NSW. On extreme ends of the spectrum, think managers with PhDs, as opposed ...
More »Early careers advice could be great for students – if introduced properly: opinion
The state government is set to overhaul careers education in Victorian secondary schools, introducing careers workshops for students as young as Year 7, according to a recent article in The Age. My first reaction is that this initiative is long ...
More »Expulsion ‘fast track’ in Victorian opposition’s anti-bullying plan draws ire
Three strikes and bullies are out, if principals say so. That’s one of the tenets of Victorian leader of the opposition Matthew Guy’s answer to school bullying across the state. Guy’s office said the $15.3 million plan – which the ...
More »States called on to back mandatory sport in schools
The Federal Government is pushing to make sport mandatory across Australian schools. Federal Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie told Sky News that just like numeracy, reading and writing, physical literacy is an important part of holistic education. “We know that [Australian ...
More »Education, customised to your genome, is coming
Personalised learning in schools is all the Gonksi-fueled rage, but what it if meant more than individualised learning plans and assessments? What if it meant mapping curricula to students' genomes? This may sound like the plot of a sci-fi film; ...
More »Why it doesn’t smell like teen spirit
Legendary 90s band Nirvana were known for their members' excesses. Indeed, lead singer Kurt Cobain took his own life aged 27, after myriad drug and alcohol struggles. Growing out of the punk and grunge movement was an anti-substance abuse subculture: straight ...
More »Fire with fire: commissioner targets in-game bullying with own game
The Office of the eSafety commissioner is hoping a new video game will help encourage digital intelligence and online safety skills. The Lost Summer was designed for students to play in the classroom to help them think about the social and emotional ...
More »More evidence that teen alcohol use does not promote responsible drinking
Adolescents who drink regularly are twice as likely to binge drink as adults, a new study has revealed. The UNSW researchers behind the study said it provides the most robust evidence to date that patterns of drinking in adolescence persist into adulthood. Published ...
More »Why relatable gamification is the obvious next teaching frontier: opinion
How often have we heard kids (our own, others' and even our past selves), whining that the maths they’re learning isn’t ‘useful’ and they’ll ‘never use it’? Too many to count. According to the IET, 203,000 people with engineering skills ...
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