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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.
A new study says that LEGO is becoming weaponised. But play is more sophisticated than many adults think.
We have an ever-increasing number of children and families facing complex challenges and we know next to nothing about who they are and how they are doing.
Maxine McKew speaks with education expert John Hattie about the kind of debates we really should be having around education.
Whether gendered toys are creating stereotypes or just playing to boys’ and girls’ innate differences is a vexed question.
Schools are deliberately disregarding disability standards through rejecting school places, being reluctant to make teaching adjustments and having poor attitudes towards disability.
The cultures of silence and denial that surround child sexualised behaviours mean that adults often lack the information they need to respond appropriately.
Schools need to avoid practices that exclude badly behaved students and instead offer more ongoing, personalised support.
Is being a pushy parent good? It is helpful to protect your child in ways that mean they don’t fail? Here’s what the research says.
Is being a pushy parent good? It is helpful to protect your child in ways that mean they don’t fail? Here’s what the research says.
Government funding of childcare is seen as something that helps get mums back into work, instead of setting children up for learning before they start school.
Our interest in feral children has a long history in truth and legend.
With more parents opting for their child to start school later, it is now possible to have four and a half year olds learning alongside six year olds.
The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
We should consider the effects of not just what we feed children … but how.
Fall in love, have a baby, watch your happiness and satisfaction plummet. Psychology researchers know the transition to parenthood can be rough on relationships.
Children’s use of screens for fun and education have changed a lot over the years, so why haven’t the rules on acceptable screen time kept up?
Research shows linking teachers’ pay to performance has little impact on student achievement. Similar tests to the ones the government proposes for young children now face a backlash in the UK and US.
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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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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor at MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
