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Face to face teaching is about to recommence in most schools across Australia, and while some teachers are applauding the return to the classroom for their students, others are more apprehensive. For the past 6 or 7 weeks of teaching, many teachers have taught remotely. How this looks is different for every school, with someRead more

Students are used to being taught face-to-face in class, with some input from the teachers. This is all changed in this time of crisis, with schools being closed and adopting online learning. Is education online different from the face-to-face approach we are used to, and how? An important element to take into account when teachingRead more

Australian schools are playing a waiting game. Students and teachers are preparing to work remotely using digital devices and online learning. Schools are on a steep learning curve with how to manage this form of teaching, and while we have the technology to make this form of teaching and learning happen, are we equipped toRead more

Coronavirus Covid-19 cases are increasing in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto, where universities and schools have been closed in order to contain the epidemic, and public events like the Carnival Festival celebrations have been cancelled.These measures are necessary, and although they seem to put a stop on normal life, they also offer ItalyRead more

The elementary school “Gianni Rodari” in Modena, Italy, has recently added to the traditional report card another module where numbers or words are replaced by emoticons. The school manager Dr. Daniele Barca explains that it is intended as “a way to help children to evaluate themselves”. At the end of the first four months ofRead more

AI is changing the way we live, the way we learn, and now, it’s changing the way we teach. AI mightn’t be new terminology or a new idea, but for many schools, the idea of using AI in their classrooms is definitely new, and can be a little daunting.The AI application called edQuire learns whatRead more

Printed books are quickly being superseded by digital books, but research has shown that the printed book is still valuable – perhaps more so than their digital counterpart. A study conducted in 2018 by the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that interaction with printed text was significantly greater when compared to reading / interactingRead more

For the third year running, an elementary school in Ireland is ditching homework for the whole month of December and assigning ‘acts of kindness’ instead. Each weekday, kids attending Gaescoil Mhichil Ui Choileain, in Clonakilty, are given a kindness task instead of the usual school homework. For instance, on Mondays they have to talk toRead more

More than half a million 15-year-old students across the world (36 OECD countries and 43 other countries or economies) participated in the 2018 PISA test, whose results were published in December 2019. The PISA test (Programme for International Students Assessment) measures thinking and problem-solving in three areas: Maths, Reading and Science. The test revealed thatRead more

Earlier this month, the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, (PISA) report was released. Australia’s results certainly aren’t what we were hoping for. In fact, the results show that we as a nation are slipping further down the international ranks, and have been on this trajectory for the last 20 years.Recent HSC results, however, showRead more