"So God created mankind in his own image." — Genesis 1:27 The same can often be said for managers who hire employees who are just like them. This is a result of the mere-exposure effect, whereby people tend to be attracted to what ...
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Aussie author slams Singapore’s education system
Each time international PISA and TIMSS results are released, the word Singapore is breathlessly mentioned. Although the city state continuously tops these tests, cracks are beginning to show in its educational veneer. Several academics have pointed out flaws in the tests themselves, including ...
More »Internet addiction in the wired generation
According to recent figures, about twice annually, a gamer dies. In January 2015, A 32-year-old man was found dead in an internet cafe in Taiwan. In September that same year, a Russian teenager died after playing Defence of the Ancients ...
More »Coffee shop classrooms and other 21st century alternatives to rigidy
Flexible learning spaces have transitioned from industry buzzword to the current directional norm. What does this mean for students and educators? Traditionally, a classroom has a central focus in the form of a whiteboard, with all furniture facing in the ...
More »Gonski 2.0 reactions range from welcoming to irate
After its relatively whirlwind journey, the Gonski 2.0 school funding package has passed into law, thanks to the support of several crossbenchers. The Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA), for one, is satisfied. ISCA executive director Colette Colman told Education Review the ...
More »Opinion: encourage students to stick with subjects they love
Advising students who are choosing their HSC subjects is an important responsibility. It not only shapes their final years at school, but also influences which courses they are eligible to take at university and potential career choices. Teachers are aware ...
More »Experts reject Pauline Hanson’s anti-mainstreaming comments
Should children with autism be allowed to access the same early learning and education facilities as kids living sans the spectrum disorder? It's a concept called mainstreaming and its efficacy was questioned in federal parliament on Wednesday 21 June 2017 by ...
More »STEM practice makes perfect
STEM is one discussion that won’t disappear from the nation’s agenda for a while and there’s good reason for it. It’s generally understood that our students are leaving school without strong enough foundations in science and mathematics, or STEM skills ...
More »‘Social media is the biro of today’: education expert
Just south of the border between England and Scotland and west of the rugged Pennines lies the University of Cumbria. There, this week, director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute professor John Hattie urged teachers to give social media a go in ...
More »We teach English better than the English: expert
Say what you want about Where the Forest Meets the Sea or Storm Boy, because overall, we beat the English at their own linguistic learning game. Dr Paul Gardner from Curtin University’s School of Education has found we are better ...
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