A NSW Primary Principal's Association (NSWPPA) initiative is training teachers and parents how to manage the anxiety and stress in students that can cause disruption in the classroom and adverse learning outcomes. The Anxiety Project is a two-year program that's ...
More »Psychological skills, body image, bullying at centre of school’s wellbeing framework
A South Australian school is doubling down on efforts to reduce stress and anxiety among students. Working with Concordia College, Flinders University researchers last year pinpointed three wellbeing priorities for the whole school – psychological skills, body image education, and ...
More »It doesn’t have to be a small world, after all: helping students with anxiety
Anxiety can make a child’s world seem smaller and teachers should try to avoid helping shrink it. That’s one of the many pieces of advice Dr Mandie Shean, from Edith Cowan University’s School of Education, gave on the Body of ...
More »Great expectations: helping students weighed down by the pressure to succeed
Final year school students are rushing towards an imaginary finishing line burdened by societal expectations about their future, leading to a state of anxiety that impairs academic performance and negatively affects decision-making. That’s the view of University of the Sunshine Coast ...
More »Australian students are among the most test-anxious in the world
Dear Mum and Dad, This is just to let you know that I took the torch, the hammer, the gardening trowel, the plastic strainer, the chocolate biscuits and the stuff that's missing from the bathroom. So it's OK, you haven't been ...
More »Testing times: resisting the push for measurable outcomes in education
While some might think the education system is relatively protected from modern economic rationalism, for many the demands of the “global neo-liberal project” have well and truly made their mark on schools, teachers and students. That’s the view of Dr ...
More »Do antidepressants work for children and teens?
In short, the answer to the above question is 'yes', but they're no better than psychotherapy. This finding - published in JAMA Psychiatry - isn't new in relation to specific drugs and disorders. Yet it's the first one concerning the effect ...
More »Stanford professor labels ‘math brain’ a myth
A New Yorker obituary of the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal - math’s highest honour - contained a surprising detail. At school, Maryam Mirzakhani was told she wasn't that good at math. While this sentiment is particularly ...
More »Girls’ self-image often a hurdle
Self-image and anxiety sometimes stand in the way of success in science and math for female students, research shows. Confidence about school is key to getting female students into STEM fields, a conference on education research has been told. “The ...
More »Coping skills a match with early education
Children should be taught coping skills in the same way they are taught to hold a pen or ride a bike, according to experts from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Janice Deans, director of the university's Early Learning Centre, ...
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