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Lynette Vernon, Edith Cowan University When the holidays end, barring a fresh outbreak of COVID-19, teenagers across Australia will head back to school. Some will bounce out of bed well before the alarm goes off, excited to start a new school year, but many others will drag themselves to the shower or reach for caffeine [...]
The disruption and stress of 2020 resulted in a spike in mental health problems that are likely to continue into 2021. Mental illness accounts for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury for youth aged 10-19. One in seven Australian young people are affected by a mental disorder, with a recent report finding that [...]
The importance of teacher-student relationships in the classroom, and the impact it has on students’ success, is acknowledged. Remote/online learning – in primary, secondary and higher education institutions – has challenged how we’ve traditionally created strong relationships and positive learning environments. Yet, those learning environments – whether face-to-face or online – are created by people. [...]
Ola Demkowicz, University of Manchester; Alisha O'Neill, University of Manchester; Emma Ashworth, Liverpool John Moores University; Kirsty Pert, University of Manchester, and Terry Hanley, University of Manchester The COVID-19 lockdown upturned the lives of teenagers at a time when they are usually becoming more independent and taking steps toward their future. Instead, they were confined [...]
On 10 November, a group of secondary school students in Queensland will be the first to complete their first formal Year 12 psychology exams. Including psychology in the Queensland senior secondary curriculum brings it in line with all other Australian states and territories except New South Wales, which is now the only jurisdiction not to [...]
As educators welcome students safely back to their “primary educational institution”, the COVID-19 pandemic is showing us it’s time to put the spotlight on university students – especially first year aspirational teachers. First-year pre-service teachers who have been studying their “first ever” university course have been learning online since the start of the 2020 year. [...]
Nick Haslam, University of Melbourne The pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges. Many of us have lost work, gained carer responsibilities and grappled with social isolation. Experts have warned of a looming wave of mental illness as a result. Research suggests they’re largely correct. Surveys in Australia, the UK and the USA point to rates of [...]
Breanna Wright & Fraser Tull Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic uprooted a lot of our usual routines, and did it twice for those of us in Melbourne. But the ‘great disruption’ has also given birth to new routines. While lockdown one may have been the time for baking bread, language apps, musical instruments and home [...]
Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University Students in Australia and around the world have experienced significant challenges this year, including the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters. Globally, as many as one in five young people may experience mental-health problems. These can be exacerbated, or even brought on by, stressful life events including economic pressures related to the [...]
Peter Hurley, Victoria University; David G. Lloyd, University of South Australia and Peter Dawkins, Victoria University Australia should create a national job cadet program to help young people into work, according to a report released today by the Mitchell Institute. In the report, Averting an Escalating Labour Market Crisis for Young People in Australia: A Proposed [...]
