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Lorraine Hammond opinion: Hundreds of teachers take part in Fogarty EDvance School Improvement Program

Friday, 27 January 2023

When I was a teenager tossing up between journalism or teaching as a career, my mother who was a teacher told me straight: “Don’t do it, love”. After 25 years in the classroom, the low-status, long hours and her unyielding sense of responsibility to students had taken its toll.

Is your child anxious about starting school for the first time? Here’s how you can help

Friday, 20 January 2023

Starting school is an important event for children and a positive experience can set the tone for the rest of their school experience.

Tackling the bullying epidemic: 4 steps for schools and parents

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Bullying is unfortunately a common problem in Australian schools, with surveys suggesting one in five teenagers are bullied.

2022 School of Education research award winners

Friday, 16 December 2022 Schools > Education > News > School of Education > 2022 > 12

On 16 November, the annual School of Education Research Awards were held, with special guest Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) Professor Caroline Finch in attendance.

Kindytxt helps WA parents ensure their children are school ready

Friday, 16 December 2022

A new collaborative project by Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the State Library of Western Australia Better Beginnings kindergarten program is seeking to boost the school readiness of WA’s children through a program of targeted text messaging.

3D teacher training gets a big boost at ECU

Friday, 16 December 2022

A new collaboration between the School of Education and FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia will see the introduction of the very latest in global printing technologies, with the installation of state-of-the-art UltiMaker 3D printers. A new PhD scholarship to investigate the use of 3D technologies in secondary schools will also be on offer.

'We changed everything’: How 56 schools transformed their teaching and boosted results

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

In Rebecca Brady’s kindergarten classroom students answer a string of rapid-fire questions about nouns and verbs as they hop between coloured hula-hoops splayed on the floor.

Children who put others before themselves show higher self-esteem: Research

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

The personal values that children aged 6-12 years-old carry has an affect on their self-esteem, according to new research.

Edith Cowan University research finds six-year-olds who put others first have higher self-esteem

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Kids as young as six who put others’ needs ahead of their own have higher self-esteem than children who put themselves first, a world-first study has found.

Principals’ perceptions of the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Within the ‘Principals as STEM Leaders – Building the Evidence Base for Improved STEM Learning’ project, funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, and led by the University of Tasmania, we investigated the perceptions of a sample of 21 principals about the teaching and learning of STEM.

Hundreds of WA primary students celebrate their university graduation

Friday, 02 December 2022

Hundreds of WA students aged between seven and 14 have farewelled the final semester of university, graduating from The Children’s University of WA at special ceremonies held across Perth and Albany.

Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Awards 2022

Wednesday, 23 November 2022 Schools > Education > News > School of Education > 2022 > 11

On Friday, 18 November 2022, ECU held the 2022 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards ceremony.

Why do kids bully? And what can parents do about it?

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Bullying is unfortunately a common problem in Australian schools, with surveys suggesting one in five teenagers are bullied.

Children need to be cyber secure

Friday, 18 November 2022

It’s not enough to be cyber safe, children need to be cyber secure.

ECU Simulation and Immersive Digital Technology group explores Navy training possibilities

Wednesday, 09 November 2022 Schools > Education > News > School of Education > 2022 > 11

Recently the Simulation and Immersive Digital Technology group (SIDTG) had the pleasure of visiting the new Centre for Innovation at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to meet with Chris Little and his team . Chris leads the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group on Garden Island.

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