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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School banking: How susceptible are kids to marketing tactics?
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 ...
More »Expert group releases report on the ‘language gaps’ in students’ writing
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 ...
More »Sleep no obstacle for maths: study
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 ...
More »School board members resign over remarks about parents captured on video
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 ...
More »2021: A new and better educational landscape?
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 ...
More »Making the right moves: how playing chess can make students less risk averse and better prepared for life
While the worldwide smash Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit is about a whole lot more than chess, viewers like myself were drawn into the amount of strategic risk-taking, foresight, planning and dedication required for the protagonist to overcome the formidable ...
More »Current system ‘punishing women’: campaign for early childhood education reforms
Landmark reforms to Australia’s early childhood system would provide a significant boost the economy as it recovers from COVID-19, Jay Weatherill says. The former South Australian premier and Nicola Forrest, co-founder of Minderoo Foundation, are urging governments to make childcare ...
More »Basics to brilliance, part 2: resilience
It is important to know, and accept, that resilience is not a DNA imperative and resilience cannot be developed as readily if students (or anyone for that matter) only tend to engage in easy goals and only wish to continually ...
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