Education

Helping teenagers succeed at school is about a lot more than just learning the 3 R’s and having access to the internet. As discussed in the last post a teen’s capacity to learn can be [...]

How is your teenager going at school? Do they look forward to going to school and enjoy the challenge of academic learning? Or are they a less than enthusiastic student? With a new school year [...]

Previous research tells us that students who see intelligence and ability as fixed will tend to give up when confronted by a difficult problem, whereas those who see intelligence as growable will [...]

Recently I have been working on courses to help teachers connect more effectively with today’s teenagers. In the process I have gone down numerous tangents, with varying degrees of [...]

In the last few weeks  in Australia the media has been awash with arguments about school league tables, national standardised testing, and funding formulas. While such matters should be debated, [...]

Two questions: Should you get your teenager their own mobile phone? Should your teenager be encouraged to use their phone at school? The first question is one that clearly a majority of parents [...]

End of school exams can be a stressful time for teenagers, their parents, and those who teach them. With Australian High School students beginning their final exams this week I thought it would [...]

Recently in Australia there has been considerable debate about the quality of our schools, and particularly how we go about measuring and assessing that quality. Politicians, educators, parents, [...]

If you were to install a pool in your backyard you would of course install a fence around the pool, especially if you had young children.  While the fence is a necessary safety requirement of [...]

If you haven’t already, take a minute to consider what will be required of today’s teenagers in 20 years time?  As they become a significant part of the economy and start to shape the workforce, [...]