Dr Darren Powell, a senior lecturer in health and physical education at the University of Auckland, has discovered a number ...
As schools gear up to begin the year, teachers and parents are being told to be wary of external health programme providers that give students over-simplistic ideas on how to be healthy.
Dr Darren Powell, a senior lecturer in health and physical education at the University of Auckland, has discovered a number ...
The Western Australian Government has announced an additional $224.3 million investment to support public school students who have a diagnosed disability or other special learning needs.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour has revealed plans for a less “extravagant” school lunch model.
A new ITE partnership is aiming to bridge the gap between quality, up-to-date research and daily classroom practice – by helping to prepare teachers of the future through evidence-informed approaches.
Australian researchers have discovered how changes in antibody levels over time can predict which children are likely to outgrow their peanut allergy.
As part of a national move towards structured literacy, the New Zealand Government is closing the book on Reading Recovery, the country’s longest running literacy intervention program.
When influential US reporter Emily Hanford first started her investigation into how one ‘bad idea’ about reading instruction took hold across the country despite cognitive science having discredited it decades ago, the same few names would crop up...
The terrifyingly high incidences and widespread prevalence of violence against women in this country has dominated the media in recent weeks – but as many educators know, far from a recent phenomenon, it's long been a major problem.
A study examining childhood maltreatment in Australia has revealed the shocking burden for Australians, estimating it causes up to 40 per cent of common, life-long mental health conditions.
I’ll get to the point. There were alarmist news stories galore this week about how our schools are going “old school” when it comes to student behaviour.
Risky play should be incorporated into early childhood science education in nature-based settings to lay early foundations for science education, an expert says.
