A veteran education researcher raises questions about whether educational research is actually being put to use.
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There is endless debate about whether private schools add value to students’ academic results. But research consistently shows when socioeconomic factors are taken into account, this is not the case.
There are three pathways through which parental smoking has an effect on children’s academic, social and emotional skills. They include health effects of second-hand smoke, and family income.
Getting students to move while learning a concept helps them understand it better. And it gets them off their seats.
Some critics argue that the new certificate may encourage more pupils to drop out of school. But we argue that it is a positive move.
Don’t panic if you didn’t get the school results you wanted – here’s what to do.
The ATAR is being used less and less as the sole measure that universities use to select students. It’s time to question its value and the pressure it puts on students in year 12.
The contract cheating business is booming. What tips students over the edge to pay somebody else to do their work?
I’m over it. The endless binary debates that fuel the great education wars. Public vs private, phonics vs whole language, autonomy vs command and control. So yesterday as my young friends would say. It…
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Education, University of Nottingham
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Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Distinguished Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Lecturer, University of New England
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of New England
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Clinical Professor of Applied Human Development, Boston University
