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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.
A prescriptive English curriculum is in danger of making writing boring for primary school children.
We are now seeing technology being designed with education in mind, and it’s changing the way students’ learn and understand.
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
Bringing older adults and young children together will make the care system better for everyone.
We take a closer look at some of the common claims made this year to see if there is any truth to them.
Many parents love sharing photos of their children on social media. But they should stop and think about how it might affect their children, now and in the future.
Welcome to the controversial world of sleep consultancy, where coaches and counsellors train new born babies to ‘sleep through the night’.
Forget about the expensive gifts, for young children, it’s all about the paper and the packaging this Christmas.
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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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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, York University, Canada
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
