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Historical data for Australia shows young people have fared better than their global counterparts in terms of economic opportunity but this masks a growing disparity among youth.
Here are some strategies that can help boost both teachers’ and their students’ confidence in maths.
The Productivity Commission has said that education spending has substantially increased over the last decade but student achievement has shown little or no improvement. Is that true?
There is a need to isolate core African values and belief systems that define our identity and keep them in the education system.
Children’s scribbles can tell us a lot about how they will progress in school.
Ireland is the latest country to offer two years of preschool education to all children. Is it time Australia followed suit?
We all like to think we are free agents and have huge degrees of agency. But, in reality, our health reflects the environments we live in.
David Glance sits down with Apple co-founder and inventor of the Apple 1 computer, Steve Wozniak, to talk about his life, his thoughts on Apple then and now and how technology is changing the world.
Seymour Papert’s vision has helped computers become widespread in education today, and gave birth to the movement to teach children to program.
To close the gender gap in schools, we need to look at far more than just grades.
Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn’t make educational intervention pointless.
Of all the university departments, business schools could be the worst affected by Brexit. But it doesn’t have to be all bad.
Does the university clearing system work?
The term APD describes several disorders that result in a breakdown in the listening process. It is most common in primary school, affecting more than 5% of children.
Undertaking a Muslim education – coming to understand the faith’s teachings and its ideas about humanity – can have enormous value for anyone who wishes to tackle social conflicts.
Evidence suggests early intervention to improve educational opportunities for low-income kids yields impressive long term results – but we need to use better evaluation methods to know what works.
Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
School and community sports coaches’ lack of knowledge about concussion leaves players vulnerable on the pitch.
Adopting an African philosophy of education can be a powerful tool to help the continent’s universities create real social change and justice.
Top contributors
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
