Schools should carefully consider the messages that are sent by how they have constructed the learning environment.
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Pressure on schools to make rapid improvements discourages deeper thinking about long-term solutions. Education can learn a lot from “slow” movements.
Writing is a fundamental outcome indicator of learning across subjects and grades. The latest NAPLAN results tell us we need to do more to empower children with these skills.
Textbooks in sufficient quantities are effective in improving the quality of education but in Africa language poses a problem to how pupils interact with the material they are taught.
Why we need more physical activity in the classroom.
A study with pre-school children found that their motivation and interest improved when they believed they were part of a group.
Listen up new teachers, here’s what you need to know before you hit the classroom.
What happens when kids are put through harsh disciplinary measures?
Aren’t there huge health benefits to staying physically active, for adults? Why should it be any different for children?
From the look of it, the millennials appear to be very comfortable with technology. But are they as immune to the effects of digital distraction as some might assume – especially in the classroom?
Is academic cheating inevitable? Not in classrooms where teachers emphasize mastery of content.
Classrooms are places of genuine human engagement, debate, thought and passion. Guns undermine the openness and vulnerability necessary for learning.
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Senior Lecturer in Learning, Development and Professional Practice, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor in Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in International Education, University of Bath
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Director of Teaching, Learning and Research
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of Houston
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Lecturer, School of Education, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity and Public Health, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Human Resource Management, Cardiff University
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Department Chair Environmental & Occupational Health & Director of the Ergonomics Center, Texas A&M University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland
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Director, First Year Learning Initiative at University College and Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University