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The lack of suicide training provided in nursing programmes can leave nurses feeling like there is a risk of further harm to the patient.
The reintroduction of grammar schools means that once again schools and headteachers will be required to make sense of contradictory national policies.
Some teachers are often dismissive in their handling of sexual abuse, labelling it as ‘a bit of fun’ or repeating the old adage ‘it’s because he likes you’.
Fighting back is not the best strategy.
Children’s scribbles can tell us a lot about how they will progress in school.
Teacher education is set to become increasingly part-time, female-dominated, with more teachers working outside their area of expertise.
Listen up new teachers, here’s what you need to know before you hit the classroom.
Changing home causes more than just social upheavel for youngsters.
Apps, games and technologies like Pokémon Go should be approached with an open mind as they offer many potential avenues to employ an engaging, student-centred approach to education.
Reading is increasingly being reduced to a numbers game in schools.
Some students struggle because of biological constraints on learning. This can be overcome to an encouraging degree, but only with special and adequate resources.
Drawing can help us to think creatively and develop hand-eye coordination. But an insecurity around ‘not being able to draw’ is preventing many high-school students from using this skill.
Schools need to avoid practices that exclude badly behaved students and instead offer more ongoing, personalised support.
Because exam season can be tough on parents, too.
Writer and social commentator Jane Caro told Q&A that Australia has one of the most unequal education systems in the OECD. Is that right?
Non-verbal learning disability is a complex neurological learning disability that becomes more obvious with age. Here are the signs to look out for.
There is a lot of misinformation about how Australia prepares teachers to teach reading and writing in schools. So here’s how it really works.
One in six children in Australia report going to bed hungry – these children are more likely to have mental health problems and be bullied regularly.
Tracing over maths problems can enhance students’ learning of more advanced mathematical content and multi-step problems.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
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Sue Roffey is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Lecturer in EFL (English as a Foreign Language), University of Central Lancashire
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Assistant Professor Educational Psychology, University of Calgary
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
