Who is portrayed as Australian? ‘Opening of the first parliament’ Tom Roberts c.1903.
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Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that ‘real’ Australians are white.
Why game playing can be such a powerful tool.
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Video games have been helping kids to learn for years, here’s how.
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Gamification in schools teaches children that they should expect their every move to be watched, rated, and possibly shared publicly.
Teenagers who bully also have a high risk of mental health issues.
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When it comes to bullying, there is a common misconception that children neatly fall into a category of bully, victim, or not involved. This is not the case.
Tests and exams can be difficult for autistic children.
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Why a common sense approach is needed when it comes to autism and primary school tests.
Starting a new school can often feel overwhelming.
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Child refugees talk about their experience of transitioning into a new high school in Australia.
Teachers need support and education so they can discuss and promote sexuality equality.
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Sexual equality should not be mere letters and words in laws. Rather, people - in this case student teachers - must understand sexual equality as a lived reality.
Students are more reluctant to seek help from teachers than from friends or parents.
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Fear of repercussions and the feeling of not being taken seriously are two reasons why children who are bullied don’t seek help from teachers.
It’s not enough for textbooks just to be present in a classroom. They must support learning.
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Textbooks in sufficient quantities are effective in improving the quality of education but in Africa language poses a problem to how pupils interact with the material they are taught.
Children may actually prefer reading books the traditional way.
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Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
A physically active lesson in action in a Leicestershire primary school.
Why we need more physical activity in the classroom.
Children at a refugee camp in Greece.
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Child refugees need to have access to quality language programs so they have a chance at doing well at school - and teachers also need to be given appropriate training.
Many young people drop out or are excluded from mainstream schools.
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Fragmentation, inconsistency and a lack of accountability between alternative education providers means not all young people get access to a good education.
Children’s needs are not always catered for in the public school system .
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Public schools are spaces in which equality can either be supported or weakened.
We need to stop blaming Indigenous students and families for low school achievement.
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Focusing on the opportunity to learn gap removes the emphasis from locating “the problem” in the person, and turns our attention to the differences in access to educational resources.
Remote schools often struggle to recruit and retain great teachers.
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Redesigning staffing policies will attract and retain high-quality teachers in the schools that need them most.
Students don’t always know if they are making any progress in their learning.
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Our current way of assessing students doesn’t let them see the progress they are making over extended periods of time.
The progress a student makes in a year needs to be more important than test scores.
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Our enemy is complacency – blaming the post-codes, fixing the students not the system, and arguing for more resources to continue what is not working.
Another school year is beginning.
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Attending early education and getting learning support from parents can really help get children ready to start school.
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But can they improve pupils’ behaviour?