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For Education Leaders

Enough is Enough! Why Teachers are Looking at Other Career Options

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While teaching staff shortages are acute, too often early career teachers are thinking about leaving the profession. Young teachers reveal the under-reported factors leading them to reconsider their career choice. Read more

Time for Autism Training for Teachers

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There are many reasons why we are seeing increased diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) including raised awareness of the disorder, and more precise diagnostic tools and procedures. 
   Dr Cindy Smith, from Curtin University, says children who display difficulties with social interaction or delays in communication need to be provided with educational and behavioural support as early as possible. Read more

The Forgotten Power Behind Reading Storybooks Aloud: Is It Still Relevant?

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I vividly remember the moment during my study to become a teacher when a lecturer emphasised the power that reading storybooks has on children’s creativity, literacy, relationships, and overall learning development.
   It astonishes me how something so simple can be so powerful and it makes me excited to run off and start reading aloud to children straight away.
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Storytelling Improves Literacy Skills

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Storytelling is about using children’s learned literacy skills to break down barriers to their imagination and when done the right way storytelling can profoundly improve literacy.
   Based on the Gold Coast, Shane Davis, the Founder of English literacy learning platform LiteracyPlanet, says storytelling is foundational to sparking enthusiasm for reading and improving literacy skills, coming to this conclusion after years of research, development and story creation. Read more

When Noise Helps Learning

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Though many of us may seek a quiet place in which to study, the right kind of ‘noise’ may help some people improve their learning.
  Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) sees electrodes attached to the head so a weak current can pass through specific parts of the brain.
   The effects of tRNS have been tested in a variety of settings and has shown potential to be useful in a number applications. Read more

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Keeping the Education Journey Going When a Child is Going Through Cancer

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No child should ever have to face cancer, and when it happens, schools can sometimes struggle to know how to react. For the initiated, tackling a sick child's educational journey can be an experience rife with worry, doubt, and second-guessing at every turn.
   What should be changed? What needs to stay the same? How much contact is too much? What kind of technology do they need? Is Facetime enough?
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Something in the Air at NSW Schools

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To expand awareness about clean air, Claremont College in Randwick, NSW participated in the CleanAir Schools pilot in 2021 where a combination of indoor and outdoor sensors was installed and maintained by CleanAir Schools project staff.
  The $1.9 million program, developed by UNSW researchers, monitors air quality with world-leading, low-cost air quality sensors to help researchers map air quality as part of a broader program. Read more