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Disadvantaged students more excluded at school: study
Disadvantaged young people experience significantly lower levels of teacher support and life satisfaction at school than their more affluent peers,…
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We can’t stop teenagers sexting, so let’s educate them about safety: expert
We can't stop teenagers sending and receiving sexually explicit texts, so it's time we started to include sexting as part…
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Health and Wellbeing
Physical education: the forgotten subject during the pandemic
Physical education (PE), which is often viewed as less important than other “academic” subjects in the school curriculum, was “further…
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In The Classroom
How more traditional Aboriginal games can be brought into the PE curriculum – Podcast
Associate Professor Shane Pill of Flinders University recently conducted a study with Dr John Williams of the University of Canberra…
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In the News
Should school-provided lunches be on the menu?
Australian researchers believe uniform delivery of lunchtime food at school could be a recipe for better childhood nutrition and learning.…
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Health and Wellbeing
What the 2020 word of the year tells us about students’ experiences of the pandemic
The Oxford Australian 2020 Children’s Word of the Year (CWOTY) is ‘virus’, shining a light on how deeply the COVID-19…
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Health and Wellbeing
Study finds excellence, not perfectionism, is key to high achievement, social and emotional wellbeing
As Year 12 students across Australia prepare for the culmination of their schooling, a proportion of over-achievers will be setting…
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In the News
Bullying from best friends especially harmful: study
Bullying hurts children more if it comes from a friend, and they're less likely to report it, says a new…
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In The Classroom
Teaching self-regulated learning skills needs greater emphasis, expert says
A Flinders University researcher has highlighted that developing students’ ability to self-regulate their learning will be one of the most…
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In The Classroom
The role of feelings and intuition in mathematics – podcast
Feelings. It's probably not a word that many of us would associate with mathematics. But according to Dr Carol Aldous…
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