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For Education Leaders

Enhancing Equity Through Cross-Cultural Instruction and Consciousness Raising II

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As educators, we must find ways to enhance mutual understanding employing respect rather than fear, education rather than cancellation, and inviting classroom ambiences rather than threatening ones. This should actually apply to all grades, elementary through university. Awareness and sensitivity towards cultural differences is key to development of mutual understanding. Read more

Maths gets physical

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Primary students in some of South Australia’s most disadvantaged schools who had seen maths as irrelevant and boring, have found excitement, motivation and new ways to access and express their knowledge of the subject. An experimental approach has the children moving, dancing and whirling to make connections between maths and the real world spin around once, how many degrees in that? You get the idea. Read more

Cost of schooling rises in every sector

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The cost of an education is going up across the board and a government education is no exception as parents are increasingly being asked to reach into their pockets to contribute to a school’s expenses.
  Of fee-paying schools, 39% indicated that they are likely to increase school fees this year and the price of educating children at home during the pandemic was no help given the set up costs.
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Spatial Reasoning Skills: What are they? Why are they Important? How can we help our students improve them?

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We go to the gym to improve our fitness, take short courses to learn new skills, and read books to increase our knowledge, but how often do we pay attention to improving our spatial reasoning skills?
   We can’t function in daily life without being able to navigate our way through space or make decisions about the spatial relationships between objects. Every time we select the best size container to store leftovers, we use our spatial reasoning skills. Read more

Navigating healthy friendships and supporting teens online

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Friendships are important to teenagers on many different levels. They can help teenagers feel a sense of belonging and acceptance, have a positive influence on their social and emotional skills, and contribute to their personal growth. On the flip side however, learning to navigate social influences and understanding what constitutes a healthy friendship can be challenging, especially when interacting online. Read more

Augmented Reality with free iPad App

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Augmented reality (AR) technology has potential to offer immersive, rich education experiences in the classroom and it doesn’t have to be expensive, in fact with the Sandbox AR iPad app available in the Apple App Store, it’s free.
   By superimposing virtual images and data on a user's view of the real world, AR supports visualisation of complex topics, creates digital “hands-on” learning opportunities. Read more

Missed the Equity without Judgment Webinar? Here's a copy

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A recording of Dr John Ivers’ insightful webinar entitled Deep Cultural Differences, Equity, and Maintaining an Inviting Classroom & School is now available, with permission to share it with your colleagues. Just click on the link in the story to access Joan Fretz’ blog post about the topic, the link to the YouTube recording, and more resources.
   Dr Ivers' FREE webinar was sponsored by the International Alliance for Invitational Education. Read more