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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
‘Healthy child’ vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
Moves to make sex education compulsory cannot come quickly enough.
What drives a child to commit sexual abuse?
The classroom setting is better for early teenagers, while self-guided language learning is better for adults.
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.
Supreme Court upholds controversial immigration rules for families introduced in 2012. It means families will have to earn a minimum income to bring over spouses from abroad.
The guidelines don’t go far enough to clarify what to do in the case of refusals by children.
Turns out learning a musical instrument really could benefit your child, in more ways than you might think.
Students with chronic illness often get only a few hours of education a week. Telepresence robots could let them participate fully in classroom and school activities.
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.
What stories can teach children about the world.
Many young children can give the false impression that they are learning to read, when in fact they are mostly guessing words from pictures or context. This test will help to identify these students.
Crunching the numbers on the latest school performance data.
There are lots of ways teachers greatly influence children’s outcomes, including improving motivation and resilience.
The link between taking iron supplements and the increased risk of contracting malaria is a complex one.
Failing to provide an appropriate education for students who are gifted increases the risk of mental health issues, boredom, frustration, and behavioural problems.
Does your child use self-defeating humour? Researchers have found it can be linked to depression.
Three reasons why the new progress measures may be a misleading indicator of school performance.
Top contributors
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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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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor at MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
