Large class sizes and heavy workloads can make it challenging for teachers to track their students’ performance at the best of times, but the pandemic and home-schooling has made this task even more of a struggle for many teachers. But ...

When the Australian Curriculum was introduced in 2008, it was lauded as a world-class curriculum that would not only ensure consistency among the states and territories, but be inclusive enough for every child – including those with disabilities.  Over a ...

An ambitious new research program aims to help Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) providers boost physical activity and reduce screen time. Researchers from the University of South Australia were awarded $1.5 million through the National Health and Medical Research Council's ...

New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that modern lifestyles, including too much screen time, are negatively affecting young children’s readiness for school. The study, conducted by UniSA researchers Dr Kobie Boshoff, Alessia Pivato and Sarah ...

Risk-averse, plastic play spaces might soon become a thing of the past as new research has found that ‘nature play’ delivers a host of benefits to young children. Researchers at The University of South Australia conducted world's systematic review of ...

More than two million Australian students will soon be returning to school (if they have one) for another academic year, and student emotional wellbeing is an issue that will be front and centre. A University of South Australia academic has ...

A report tabled in parliament last week on the status of the teaching profession has been heavily criticised by teaching experts, with one calling it a “missed opportunity”. The report was prepared by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

It’s not often a book comes along that encapsulates the myriad ways in which Australia’s school system has changed since its inception during the colonial era. But Alan Reid’s new book, Changing Australian Education: How policy is taking us backwards and ...

A state-of-the-art facility for the teachers of the future has opened its doors at the University of South Australia's Magill campus for the first time. The $4 million Samsung SMARTSchool was built to be a "technologically advanced" teacher-training facility with a ...