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After yet another student is banned for having the “wrong” type of hair at school, new research shows this is part of a wider pattern to enforce norms around gender, class and race.
It is easy to assume students will be able to write easily and effectively using a keyboard. They are growing up surrounded by technology. But new research shows children write better by hand.
Our ongoing research has found sexism, sexual harassment and misogyny are rife in Australian schools. The federal government needs to lead a national campaign against this.
There are big gaps in the way schools approach gender, sexuality and respect. Teaching all students to be ‘porn literate’ is one way we can help make them safer.
Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
Since COVID there has been an expansion in online options for school students. This includes individual classes and complete distance education.
Students with disability are experts in themselves and their needs. But we found they are often not consulted by their teachers about what helps them at school.
In our new research we looked at what impact breakfast has on students’ motivation to learn and their academic achievement.
We believe no other intervention has been so thoroughly tested in Australian schools or amassed such a comprehensive body of evidence.
Research on streaming maths classes shows we need to think much more carefully about this very common practice.
Unlike the traditional method of comparing Indigenous students with non-Indigenous students, a new approach compares Indigenous students with their Indigenous peers.
Imagine if you enrolled your child in swimming lessons but instead of a qualified swimming instructor, they were taught freestyle technique by a soccer coach.
New research finds teachers tend to have tailored approaches to help students performing below standard, but not for their gifted peers.
A major survey of Australian school principals finds they are copping abuse from parents and students on top of huge workloads. Many experienced leaders say they might leave the profession.
Children are often allowed to freely explore their identities in early childhood services. But when they get to school, they are categorised as ‘boys’ or ‘girls’.
Homeless families rehoused in temporary are bearing the brunt of the high travel costs and policies ill-designed to accommodate their specific needs.
NAPLAN results alarmingly show almost one in three Australian children don’t meet the expected standard in Year 3.
You stayed up all night to make a Book Week costume – but now your child won’t wear it. In fact they don’t want to go at all. Here are some ideas to try.
Our research found a multi-million pound scheme to boost maths learning was under-used and had minimal impact on practice.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Education, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra
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Principal Lecturer in Mathematics Education (Primary), University of Brighton
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Researcher in Child Health and Well-being, Swansea University
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Professor Susan Ledger, Head of School - Dean of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW., University of Newcastle
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Professor of Education and Head of the School of Education, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Education, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
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PhD student, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Lecturer, School of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, UCL
