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Blended learning combines the traditional classroom teaching methods with digital media. The students are still present in an actual classroom (which makes it different from online learning), but the teaching practices are provided in combination with computer-mediated activities. The blended learning approach is important because it breaks down the traditional teaching practice, that doesn’t workRead more

A recent Danish study revealed how students have learnt more English from playing computer games than they did at school. Playing computer games seems to be an effective way of supplementing the conventional teaching; when children play computer games in English, they use the language as a means of coping, not as an end inRead more

Q: Why don’t fish do well on school tests?A: Because they work below C-Level.Do you have pet fish at your school? What about a pet bird? There are many reasons why animals could be at your school. Perhaps it’s an agricultural school where animal husbandry is a part of the core fundamentals of the school’sRead more

How and when should students access digital devices in the classroom is a constant challenge for schools. If we think of mobile phones for example, whilst some schools ban their use in the classroom, others use them as learning tools with very positive results. Catherine Smith, an expert in education equity and digital technologies inRead more

Education isn’t always experienced in a classroom, school or formal setting. Often what a child needs goes beyond the traditional education that NESA has prescribed. Sometimes our youth simply can’t focus on school curriculum until they’ve learnt and experienced life’s fundamentals and learnt a bit more about themselves, their self worth, and the society inRead more

“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.” This well-known quote by B. Franklin is the essence of inquiry-based learning. Students learn more when they are actively involved in the learning process: however, traditional teaching discourages the process of inquiry, as students are required to just listen andRead more

We’ve found some downloadable and free-to-use resources as well as websites and FaceBook Pages that you can help with student well-being AND teacher well-being. Let us know which ones you’ve found handy, which ones you’ve used, and any others that you know of.PDF’s This infographic from www.teacher-wellbeing.com.au is awesome. Print it out, put it inRead more

A recent news article about an Australian Primary School teacher who was stabbed by an 11 year old student has brought the topic of teacher well-being and safety back into the limelight. While this behaviour is extreme and we don’t hear about it much, it may be more common than we think. “The Australian PrincipalRead more

According to https://chriskresser.com/how-a-technology-addiction-can-hurt-your-health/ the digital age has taught us some nasty habits that have an extremely high potential to cause our wellbeing to suffer. In particular, our mental health is taking a hit because of our apparent ‘need’ to check our phones constantly. It’s when this desire becomes a ‘need’ that we experience something calledRead more

In a 2009 report written by The Australian Catholic University and Erebus International to the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, student well-being is defined as “a sustainable state of positive mood and attitude, resilience, and satisfaction with self, relationships and experiences at school. Student wellbeing is described as pervasive in that itRead more