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Stephen Ashworth, University of East Anglia The school summer holidays are in full swing. If you’re a parent, you may be getting tired of hearing “I’m bored!” echoing through your home – especially on rainy days when everyone’s stuck inside. But pretty much every kitchen can double as a chemistry set. Here are some experiments [...]
Elizabeth Mary Clancy, Deakin University and Bianca Klettke, Deakin University The sending and receiving of intimate images and videos is increasingly becoming a part of people’s sexual relationships – particularly for teenagers and young adults. Image-based “sexting” has steadily increased over the past few years. Aggregated data from population-representative studies in the United States, which [...]
Vivienne Lewis, University of Canberra Season two of the series Heartstopper on Netflix brings out an issue that is often hidden – male eating disorders. Centred on two teenage boys in love, the show helps bust the common perception that eating disorders are only seen in girls and women. In one episode of the series, [...]
Julia Coffey, University of Newcastle; David Farrugia, Deakin University; Lena Molnar, University of Newcastle; Megan Sharp, The University of Melbourne, and Steven Threadgold, University of Newcastle Gender-based violence, particularly sexual harassment, is a serious and persistent problem across the workforce. But our new research paints a concerning picture of the extent of the problem in [...]
Associate Professor Glenn Melvin and Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown From time to time, many Australian families experience challenging school mornings – wrangling tired kids to get them to school on time.But there’s also a group of children, thousands of them, for whom the thought of going to school is so unbearable they just can’t go. [...]
Lucas Walsh, Monash University and Joanne Gleeson, Monash University As we pass the half way mark in term 3, many students in Year 12 will be thinking more and more about their future. Universities and TAFEs are having open days and no doubt, teachers, friends and family will be asking, “what are you going to [...]
Melissa Cain, Australian Catholic University and Joanne Quick, Australian Catholic University There is increasing concern about Australian students falling behind in numeracy and literacy. NAPLAN results show 16.2% of Year 3 students are at or below the national minimum standards in numeracy and 12.9% are at or below the minimum standards in reading. By Year [...]
Dr Olivia Metcalf and Professor David Forbes It has now been twenty years since anger was first called the forgotten emotion, and today, little has changed. While we know a lot about sadness and fear, anger still has an uncomfortable place in society. Most of us don’t know what anger is for, or the [...]
Helen Demetriou, University of Cambridge Most people think that empathy – the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes – is fixed, but it’s not. Empathy can be taught. Research has shown that reading can help children develop empathy. Through reading, children can experience the situations of others that are very different to their [...]
Wally Smith, The University of Melbourne and Greg Wadley, The University of Melbourne Most of us go online multiple times a day. About half of 18–29 year olds surveyed in a 2021 Pew Research Study said they are “almost constantly” connected. How are we to make sense of this significant digital dimension of modern life? [...]
