A Sydney private school prefect has urged his fellow students to change their attitudes towards women after a petition among female students revealed horrific allegations of sexual abuse. Year 12 Cranbrook student Asher Learmonth spoke before his fellow senior school ...
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2020: Looking back and moving forward in education podcast – Brad Scanlon – Episode 2
EducationReview · 2020: Looking back and moving forward in education podcast - Brad Scanlon - Episode 2 Education, like many sectors in 2020, was severely disrupted in several states and territories, with lockdowns, border closures and remote learning models ...
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Over time, we’ve understood that traditional classroom furniture and traditional classroom design simply no longer facilitates the most effective, engaging and productive learning environment for students. Studies have highlighted that the physical classroom environment has a direct relationship with the ...
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Appropriately and logically, according to Coyle, Gallimore and Tharp began to question the education-based pedagogical resources, research and methodology they had been applying. In their attempt to try to discover what the problem was, they decided that “they would perform ...
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Australian states and territories are moving to ban school banking programs – but are young kids more aware of marketing tactics than we might think? Recently, the ACT Legislative Assembly passed a motion to ban banking programs from schools, while ...
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A US history teacher was astounded by his middle-school class’ lack of knowledge surrounding world events and history, with one student stating that D-Day was a rapper and another asking who Hitler was. The teacher, TikTok user @samuelsleeves, shared the ...
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The Oxford Children’s Language Australia group has released a report that highlights declines in Australian students’ writing from Year 7 as well as differences in writing outcomes between male and female students. The group, which comprises experts in language and ...
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It's possible to chat to someone and even do maths while you’re asleep, scientists say. A new study of 36 people experiencing rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which produces vivid dreams, has shown they can still respond to questions and ...
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The president and several other members of a California school board have resigned over comments made about parents on a Zoom call. School superintendent Greg Hetrick confirmed with Fox News that president Lisa Brizendine and three other members of the ...
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Amidst the school shutdowns of 2020, more than a few of us pointed to teachers’ improved relationships with technology as a silver lining. Surely, after a year of wrangling kids in video calls, teachers would no doubt emerge as digital ...
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