This story appeared in the March 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
The prevalence of young people being groomed online and shocking statistics about sexual violence from dating apps have sparked calls for more action.
Many separated parents, and especially those in high-conflict situations, are getting a raw deal when it comes to the communication systems in place at their child's school, new research has revealed.
A new AI-based learning system that recognises students’ strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints, could have significant implications for teaching the subject here in Austra...
Almost 1.3 million students are gearing up to take annual NAPLAN assessments due to kick off this Wednesday, as an expert warns trying to teach to the test will not improve outcomes.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned home to Barkana in northwestern Pakistan for the first time since she was shot by the Taliban in 2012.
A groundbreaking new study from University of South Australia researchers has found that creativity plays an essential role in academic success, suggesting students who think outside the box are more likely to excel in literacy and numeracy assess...
Former teacher Dr Debra Phillips knows well how the experience of burnout can manifest.
The nation’s former education department boss has called for considered national debate on equity and disadvantage in Australian schooling, querying whether private schools, beyond offering sporting scholarships, could open their doors to greater ...
Described by Professor John Hattie as ‘the go-to book when school life feels like a bowl of prunes’, a second edition of Adam Voigt’s ‘Restoring Teaching’ has been released – and it’s free for all educators.
With ‘friend’ just announced as Oxford's Australian Children’s Word of the Year, the annual research highlights a missed opportunity by NAPLAN which looks at how children are writing, but not what they are writing about, according to a literacy re...
