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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? [...]
Anita Moyes, Edith Cowan University Teachers are not always equipped to deal with the growing health needs of their students, from mental health challenges to complex medical needs. Federal and state governments are currently looking at “key targets” as part of the next National School Reform Agreement, which starts in 2025. A consultation paper, which [...]
Emily Setty, University of Surrey Parents, teachers and politicians are worried about the appeal of so-called “online misogyny influencers” to boys and young men. These influencers post content to thousands of followers in videos and podcasts, offering advice about relationships, mental health and wellbeing, and achieving material success and status. They are believed to be [...]
Download PDF here! This is the second paper on motivation. The previous paper focused on creating & regulating a dopamine-based classroom. One of the characteristics of neurodivergent kids that I admire is, if they don’t see a point to doing something they won’t do it. End of story. Most of them are harder to [...]
Ashleigh E. Smith, University of South Australia; Carol Maher, University of South Australia, and Susan Hillier, University of South Australia Did you set a New Year’s resolution to kick a bad habit, only to find yourself falling back into old patterns? You’re not alone. In fact, research suggests up to 40% of our daily [...]
Michael Timothy Bennett, Australian National University To build a machine, one must know what its parts are and how they fit together. To understand the machine, one needs to know what each part does and how it contributes to its function. In other words, one should be able to explain the “mechanics” of how it [...]
Download PDF here! Motivation is a slippery customer. Just when you want to rely on it, it puts its feet up, takes a few days off & generally wants to be about as active as a sloth on long service leave. Your ‘get up & go’ has ‘got up & gone’. A Slightly Potted [...]
