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Australia’s “next-gen” engineers
Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas | November 19, 2024Engineering’s future is not just about training more and more recruits to fill the current shortage, so universities must also focus on the qualities of our next-gen engineers.
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NAPLAN scores survived the COVID closures
Katie Miller | November 11, 2024A new study co-authored by researchers from UNSW Business School and University of Sydney suggests that Australian students’ NAPLAN scores remained stable despite the COVID lockdowns, but the social and psychological effects of the long-lock downs are less certain.
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Pure magic
Open Forum | November 4, 2024Trainee Australian teachers are learning about robotics programs so they can excite and inspire students about STEM.
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Can pre-schools cut youth crime?
Jacqueline Allen | October 28, 2024A new evaluation finds that preschool programs can cut the number of young people appearing before the courts by more than 50% and the right types of family support can reduce the chances of children committing crimes even further.
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Getting more teachers in schools
Open Forum | October 28, 2024Teaching needs to be made more attractive to a wider pool of graduates to tackle shortages in the profession, according to new international research comparing 18 countries.
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The costly path to universal childhood education
Michelle Grattan | September 19, 2024A new report from the Productivity Commission charts the costly path to universal early childhood education.
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Drama? No drama
Jo Raphael | September 15, 2024While parents often want their children to focus on maths and science, taking drama at high school could be the best move for your child and their future.
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The power of critical thinking
Martin Davies | September 9, 2024Critical thinking is more important than ever today, and furnishing our children with the skills required must become a national priority.
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Gaming the system
Katie Miller | August 22, 2024Some schools appear to be manipulating student participation in the NAPLAN tests to improve their apparent performance according to new research from UNSW Business School.
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Those who can’t teach
Severine Lamon | August 21, 2024Australian universities focus on developing useful skills in PhD students, but these training opportunities do not usually involve teaching.
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Much ado about NAPLAN
Sally Larsen | August 20, 2024Do the recently released NAPLAN results for 2024 mean that Australian students’ literacy and numeracy proficiency have really declined since 2022?
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It’s ‘what’ not ‘where’ which matters
Patrick Whyte | August 14, 2024A QUT statistician has called for a novel way to shift the focus from where academic research is published to what the research has actually found.