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For Education Leaders

Rediscovering the Joy

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Many believe that a paradigm shift is long overdue as the current education system is broken and beyond repair. This paper focuses on a process to develop a master plan, a blueprint, to devise a new framework for education by inviting student involvement and ensure students flourish as they discover the joy of learning. Read more

Brain Bully – it’ll do yer head in!

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My name’s Brain Bully and you most probably don’t know me and that’s a problem for you. Why? Because I am a major player in how you might feel about yourself, others and the world in general.
   The extreme negative emotions you may experience are always accompanied by an action or actions, which contrive against you. Yes I’m Brain Bully and I really can ‘do your head in!’
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Year 11 students worried about their final year

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Some 74 per cent of the current Year 11s are more nervous about Year 12 and 76 per cent are very worried about the threat of more lockdowns, potentially resulting in school closures during their final year.
  When asked how Covid-19 has affected their schooling, exams and/or confidence, the feedback was mixed but concerning, many Year 11s are afraid of having to enter their HSC year online.
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Finger tracing enhances learning: validity of 100-year-old practice confirmed

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Montessori encouraged young children to trace over letters of the alphabet made from sandpaper with their index fingers, based on the intuition that a multi-sensory approach (i.e., visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic) to learning would be most effective. Over 100 years later, her method has received some empirical validation. Two new University of Sydney studies show that tracing is an effective learning technique and its positive effect could be amplified. Read more

App for teaching secondary STEM

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Given that STEM is largely about technology, relying on textbooks to teach it seems a bit of a non sequitur, students seem to agree, when asked, many will admit to not reading them.
   That admission wasn’t lost on a group of teachers and scientists who have conspired to create the BioBrain app which is designed to teach STEM to secondary and uni students in a punchy, tech leveraged way.
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Empowering women teachers to step up to leadership roles

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Fact; while most teaching staff are women, most senior leadership positions in schools are held by men.
   Some of the reasons for that are women in teaching often report feeling stressed in their roles, lack a clear pathway for career advancement and tend to leave the profession. In response the National Excellence in School Leadership Institute is launching a new program to encourage women to stay the course. Read more

October sees Aussie Backyard Bird Count

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BirdLife Australia is calling on the next generation of bird lovers and their parents to get involved in this year’s Aussie Backyard Bird Count.
   The nation’s peak body for birds would like to see more young Australians take part in the count than ever, as many students undertake learning from home. There is also more than $5,000 worth of prizes being given away as part of this year’s count.
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