Research informs that feelings of social connectedness, attachment, belonging, self-efficacy and self-confidence also help to develop and advance a student’s physical, mental, psychological, social and emotional security, and their overall wellbeing. All of this helps to develop and provide further ...
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STEM teacher shortage still an issue academics, industry bodies warn
A shortage of maths and science teachers at a Queensland high school has exposed the growing crisis facing schools in STEM subject areas. It has also reignited debate among academics and professional bodies about what can be done to attract ...
More »How visitor management systems can help promote health and safety at schools: opinion
COVID-19 caused significant disruption for Australians in 2020, with rapid lockdowns, changing restrictions and social distancing guidelines a constant source of frustration for many. The impact this had for schools was especially challenging, as teachers and students were forced to ...
More »Mark Latham accuses school of ‘losing the plot’
Outspoken One Nation politician Mark Latham has launched a scathing attack on a task assigned to a Year 8 class in a NSW school. The task is part of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PHPE) curriculum and asks ...
More »St Paul’s Catholic College in Manly offered antibiotics after meningococcal outbreak
A Sydney school has been offered antibiotics as a preventive measure following an outbreak of meningococcal disease late last month. NSW Health issued a public health alert about two weeks ago after two cases of meningococcal were recorded in Sydney’s northern beaches ...
More »One in five NSW teachers now in precarious, temporary positions
Job security remains a key issue for NSW public school teachers, with a reported one in five educators currently in a temporary or contract position. Temporary positions were created by NSW's education department in 2001, and, while the casual workforce ...
More »Self-determination theory and other associated academic considerations: Part 2
For William Hazlitt, the education process should have, as one of its central aims, the goal of creating the next generation of well-educated, independent and enlightened rational thinkers: who should be highly skilled, competent, intellectually erudite, and having the profoundly ...
More »Why ACARA’s CEO believes NAPLAN ‘has never been so important’
As another year of the National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy ends, ACARA’s CEO has highlighted the importance of the controversial test in these times of COVID-19. David de Carvalho wrote an opinion piece recently for the Australian Curriculum ...
More »Age verification for porn sites could be unworkable, push kids to the dark web: Experts
A plan for age verification on online porn sites is no “silver bullet” and may even expose young people to child pornography on the dark web, Australians have been warned. The federal government has committed “in principle” to implementing age ...
More »The proposed mathematics curriculum: mostly pluses but a couple of minuses! Opinion
ACARA has recently released its draft revision of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics with the view to “refine, realign and declutter” the content. There are many positive changes in the review, which we wrote about in our article entitled, Where have the algorithms gone? ...
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