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Many schools promote teaching the ‘whole child’, but to do this, education cannot only focus on knowing and doing – it must explicitly embrace being, writes John Quay. When we learn, we are knowing and doing and being - educators work with all three. While that...

An Australian first app which aims to make learning to swim more accessible and affordable for all ages and abilities, has been launched on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The app was created by Rackley Swimming, a company with extensive experience in the swimming industry, operating over 30...

That’s getting a bit wild, kids! Why don’t you play something quieter? How often have you found yourself saying something like this to your children as they’re rolling around on the lounge room floor? asks researcher Emily Freeman? Even if they are smiling and clearly having fun,...

Parents are spending considerable amounts of energy thinking about and mitigating the risks associated with their kids using mobile phones and the internet. The impacts of too much screen time on children’s physical and mental health, development and education are common concerns among parents. New research by...

 That leaves segregation on the table, writes Catherine Smith and Helen Dickinson The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive...

An Australian first biobank will be established to improve and discover new treatments for children with genetic muscle diseases. The National Muscle Disease Bio-databank, co-led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash University, and Alfred Health, will advance research into understanding why children develop genetic muscle...

Parents can often find themselves staring in bewilderment at the little human they helped to create, write Wendy Goff,  Anne Rohde  and Bin Wu Sometimes, this bewilderment is centred around awe and amazement. Sometimes, it is firmly entrenched in shock and embarrassment about a specific behaviour...

Three distinguished educators from across the nation were celebrated as the 2023 HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Award winners, recognizing their extraordinary contributions to early childhood education. Advancing Pedagogy and Practice - Balnarring Pre-School, Balnarring, VIC Balnarring Pre-School in Victoria was honored with the 'Advancing Pedagogy...