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Download article as a PDF For most of the 20th and early 21st centuries, education was built on intuition and tradition. But by 2040, data finally lived up to its promise—not as a collection of numbers, but as a tool to convert information into real knowledge. Automating this process released teachers from the administrative [...]
Download article as a PDF Teaching and engaging boys is a mix of being an ace motivational coach with being an overly active events manager while being big-hearted while having the stern eye of a store detective. In short, not complicated at all! Having a brother is like having a best friend who occasionally wants [...]
Laura Gormley, Dublin City University The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalised understanding of autism. This means considering autism as a disorder, with a focus on correcting autistic people’s perceived lacks, rather than building on their strengths. Autistic learners’ strengths, interests, preferences, goals and [...]
Adam Guastella, University of Sydney and Kelsie Boulton, University of Sydney Neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism affect about one in ten children. These conditions impact learning, behaviour and development. Executive function delays are core to challenges people with neurodevelopmental conditions experience. This includes skills such as paying attention, switching [...]
Penny Van Bergen, University of Wollongong Everyone knows a kid who cheats at Monopoly or backyard cricket. Perhaps they have even cheated on a test at school. If your notice your own child is doing this, you may worry they are headed for a life of crime. But in developmental terms, cheating is not usually [...]
Ian Gordon, The University of Melbourne; Mary P. Coupland, University of Technology Sydney, and Merrilyn Goos, University of the Sunshine Coast 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. Something similar is happening in classrooms around Australia every [...]
Alison Bedford, University of Southern Queensland As Year 12 students begin term 3, they will be thinking increasingly about what to do next year. Throughout August, many universities have have open days as students investigate different courses and options for study. This is a significant time for young people as they navigate study pressures with [...]
Andrew J. Martin, UNSW Sydney and Rebecca J. Collie, UNSW Sydney Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the adults in their lives. In academic terms, this time of major hormonal [...]
Andrew Cashin, Southern Cross University Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger’s while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as “autistic”. But what’s the difference? Today, the previous diagnoses of “Asperger’s disorder” and “autistic disorder” both fall within the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, or [...]
Jenny Gore, University of Newcastle and Drew Miller, University of Newcastle Australian schools are facing unsustainable pressures. There are almost daily reports of too many students falling behind and not enough teachers to teach them. Meanwhile, the teachers we do have are stressed, overworked and lack adequate support in the classroom. Governments are well aware [...]
