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Australian students spend years learning handwriting, yet many receive little formal instruction in writing on computers. Researchers, Anabela Malpique and Deborah Pino Pasternak say digital writing skills are now essential for school, study and work — and classrooms need to catch up.
More than 160 enthusiastic Children’s University (CU) students and family members joined us across Edith Cowan University’s Joondalup and South West campuses this April for another memorable holiday program.
Two major industry players in outdoor education have celebrated the launch of a new partnership. The collaboration will enhance capacity to grow and offer opportunities for outdoor learning across the State.
The impact your research has in the real world is of vital importance to researchers, to those who fund research and to those across the globe who benefit from your research findings. Research impact is defined in Australia as ‘the contribution that research makes to the economy, society, environment or culture, beyond the contribution to academic research’. Here, we present an impact evaluation of research and share some takeaways that can help you to measure the impact of your research (Hatisaru et al., 2023).
The importance of high-quality student teacher placements in developing confident, capable teachers. To be a teacher is to wear a hundred different hats: educator, counsellor, party planner, manager, mentor and innovator (just to name a few).
ECU’s School of Education is proud to offer an exciting professional learning opportunity to all ECU Pre-Service Teachers. Become a fully trained Award Leader for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, and you will join a global network of educators offering students the opportunity to benefit from the Award’s world-class non-formal education and learning framework.
The School of Education is delighted to invite you to this Twilight Seminar - Rethinking Literacy: Beyond Instruction to Equity. This seminar is presented by Associate Professor Helen Adam, Churchill Fellow, President of PETAA, and author of Creating Equitable Literacy Learning Environments: A Transformative Model (Routledge, 2025).
While over 75% of Australian teachers report confidence in teaching reading, persistent achievement gaps remain. This session challenges a critical assumption: if teacher skill isn’t the issue, what is?
The ABC has revealed a major cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police tasers and body-worn cameras that means officers can be tracked.
The Open Day at ECU South West drew record numbers this year.
New research from ECU has given a glimpse into Earth's rich ocean life 20 million years ago.