Parents want their kids to be taught digital skills, according to new research which shows 8 in 10 Australian parents think that digital skills and computer programming should be incorporated into the school curriculum. The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) ...

Mounting evidence tells us that mental health problems are on the rise in the teaching profession. As the job role of teaching continues to expand, along with budget cuts, and an increasing workload it’s no wonder why teachers are feeling ...

In an extended interview, education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke with Jenny Lewis, an expert in professional development for educators. Lewis, chief executive of Solution Tree, discussed the need for new professional learning agendas that will allow teachers to address the ...

“Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach,” Marc Prensky wrote nearly 15 years ago, describing digital natives. Globalisation, the redefinition and expansion of knowledge, technological advances and ways in which organisations and institutions operate ...

Berries linked to a nationwide hepatitis A food scare were consumed by Victorian Year 7 students after using them to make smoothies during a cooking class. The berries were used in the food technology class in Ballarat Secondary College, the ...

The proportion of aspiring teachers starting degrees without maths education beyond Year 10 has tripled in the past decade, new research has shown. The research studied the maths and science choices made by students in the NSW HSC between 2001 ...

The Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group review is a missed opportunity for the government to set a strong framework for changes to teacher education, AEU federal president Correna Haythorpe said. Haythorpe said the priorities for the review should have been ...

Some schools are changing classrooms to more open-plan environments hoping to facilitate collaborative learning, but new research shows this makes it harder to hear the teacher. A recent survey led by Kiri Mealings, a PhD candidate at Macquarie University, looked ...

Teacher-parent communication fosters better collaboration between school and home contributing positively to a child’s academic success, an expert explains. Dr Denise Chapman, a lecturer at Monash University, specialising in early childhood education, literacy, and digital technologies spoke to education editor ...

New South Wales’ $14 million funding commitment to non-native English speakers in public schools is the best the state has seen in years, literacy expert Misty Adoniou said. Adoniou, senior lecturer of Language, Literacy and TESL at the University of ...