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.
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.
The personal values that children aged 6-12 years-old carry has an affect on their self-esteem, according to new research.
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.
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 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.
On Friday, 18 November 2022, ECU held the 2022 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards ceremony.
Bullying is unfortunately a common problem in Australian schools, with surveys suggesting one in five teenagers are bullied.
It’s not enough to be cyber safe, children need to be cyber secure.
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.
After a successful trial, every WA day care centre will have a series of fun kids books to help foster healthy habits in youngsters.
A recent mapping of the Australian K-10 curriculum revealed there is scant reference to the concepts underpinning the achievement of the knowledge, understanding and skills relating to bone and joint literacy outcomes in a cohesive and age-appropriate manner. This is not to say that Australian educators do not address various health literacy outcomes – far from it!
More children than ever are using the internet, and they’re using it younger than ever before. Now, a new report led by ECU has recommended additional consultation around cybersecurity curriculum needs to occur, starting with five year old students.
The writing skills of Australia’s school students have declined over 7 years, with spelling the only metric to buck the trend, new research from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has found.
Dr Vesife Hatisaru spoke on international television about the anxieties faced by secondary mathematics students with a popular Turkish TV show host.