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The huge number of reasons
teachers may find it hard to use computers in the classroom
could disadvantage their students, an academic writes.
The potential for digital tools
to enhance children's homework experiences, particularly in
maths, is not being exploited to the full, three academics
write.
Young children's spatial
reasoning skills can be improved with several simple activities.
A Perth (WA) teacher was falsely accused of
manhandling an out-of-control student but he still lost his career.
Two students admitted
to teaching courses in Victoria had ATARs of 17.9 and 22.1
respectively out of a possible 99.95, although these cases
appear to be exceptions to the current standard cut-off of 65
(which is set to be raised to 70 next year).
Meningococcal ACWY
vaccines are now available through pharmacies, GPs and local
government. Another special clinic will operate at the Derwent
Entertainment Centre next weekend (18 and 19 August - bookings
required). Special clinics will operate in the north and north
west in October.
A speed-reading
experiment by BBC News to cater for the tiny screens of
smartwatches presents the news one word at a time in one spot instead of
requiring the traditional left-to-right eye movement.
Nominations are now
open for the 2018 Tasmanian STEM Awards for Excellence which
include awards for a primary years teacher and a secondary years
teacher..
Cressy District High School
has been closed until tomorrow (Thursday 9 August) due to a
power outage. However, the power was restored by lunch time
today (Wednesday).
The release of the latest NAPLAN results has been
delayed over concerns about the validity of a testing program
that combines online and paper-and-pencil test data...
A UK neuroscientist is undertaking a campaign to urge
parents to teach their children to swear from as young as two...
Australian sex education
teachers should adopt the English approach and incorporate more
sexual and gender diversity in lessons, an education lecturer
says...
Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has signed the Quality Teaching Declaration
which will see 250 more teachers employed...
Queensland Year 12 completion
certificates have been received by 97.2 per cent of Indigenous
students, almost level with the 98.1 per cent achievement rate
for non-Indigenous students, a budget estimates hearing has been
told...
Entries by grade 9 students for
the Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize are due by Friday 24 August,
Minister for Veterans' Affairs Guy Barnett says...
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