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The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.
The gender gap matters, and we need to recruit, train and retain more men to care for and educate our youngest children
There’s no good reason why diagnosis rates differ. And it may be down to gender discrimination.
Being able to sound out letters in words doesn’t mean you can understand them. There is no clear evidence that a new phonics screening test for children in Year 1 will help improve reading levels.
Parents of children who have complex healthcare needs often find their role as a mother or father is overwhelmed by all the clinical tasks they have to undertake.
Research shows early childhood educators tend to prop up their low-paid jobs using their household income, or by borrowing from families.
By four years, children have already begun to internalise bias and stereotypes. Yet research shows teachers and parents are often uncomfortable or unsure about talking to children about cultural difference.
Little kids cover their own eyes and feel hidden, even if they’re still fully visible. New research suggests this doesn’t mean children can’t understand others’ perspectives, as had been assumed.
For bilingual children, the constant switching between languages is like a frequent exercise for the ears and the brain.
Experts are desperately trying to find solutions to the growing public health problem of type 2 diabetes in the young. A number of trials are underway, and some look promising.
Developmental coordination disorder has only recently been recognised for what it is.
New reports show a widespread lack of care for the cultural needs of many of the 19,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care.
As the torrent of carefully created social media posts to sites such as Facebook grows, who is to say which is the ‘real’ you.
We need a clear plan in place to ensure that no child falls through the net. Such a plan needs to be both effective and cost-effective.
While students enjoy learning with robots, research finds that teachers are more sceptical – worrying about their job security and technical capabilities of robots.
We need to educate children about how to behave responsibly online.
Two years of high-quality preschool is one of the most effective strategies we have to change the trajectories of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Updated guidelines for how much screen time children can have puts most of the onus on the parents to decide.
Last year, ChildLine was contacted every 30 minutes by a young person having suicidal thoughts.
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
