Australian teachers aren’t getting access to the professional development they need to tackle advanced ICT, teaching in multicultural settings and educating students with special needs. That was one of the takeaways of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (OECD) ...

When Jackson Hughes was diagnosed with autism at just three years of age, his mother Leanne Hughes chose to send him to a mainstream school, hoping he would enjoy the same high levels of education as his peers. Unfortunately, due ...

A robot that can speak with students, act out book characters’ dialogue and set tasks in the classroom has been rolled out at a special needs school in Victoria. La Trobe University teamed up with Waratah Special Developmental School to ...

A wicked problem, in academia, means a thorny one - one without an obvious solution. In the lead up to the International Day of People with a Disability, Dr David Armstrong has identified four of these in Western special education. ...

Researcher to examine how teachers feel about their ability to teach students with special needs in regular classrooms. By Antonia Maiolo. A rise in the number of students with special needs being integrated into regular classrooms has a researcher questioning ...