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All eyes on classroom camera

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Students have long suspected teachers can see out of the back of their heads. Now, with the help of 360 degree video cameras, ECU’s School of Education is training its pre-service teachers to do just...

Daytime naps linked to poorer night-time sleep in young children

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Children who have daytime naps beyond the age of two may be poorer sleepers at night, QUT researchers have found. The study, led by Professor Karen Thorpe from QUT's Faculty of Health and Institute of...

Half of childcare centres fail cot mattress safety test

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Public health researchers at the University of Adelaide are hoping to raise awareness among childcare centres of the potentially deadly consequences of using cot mattresses that are too soft. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has...

Stress cost of a new baby = $85,000

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Research from the University of Melbourne has put a dollar figure of $85,000 on the time pressure and stress experienced by mothers in the first year of a baby’s life. This research, undertaken by the...

High school students to benefit from Confucius classrooms

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A Confucius classroom to promote Chinese language and culture will open at Innisfail’s Good Counsel College on Friday (20 February) thanks to a University of Queensland initiative. The classroom – the second of five to...

Breaking the barriers for first in family uni students

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“More than 50% of Australian tertiary education students are the first in their family to go to university and that number is increasing,” Dr O' Shea, from University of Wollongong’s School of Education, said. This...

Possible cause of IVF failure in some women identified

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New research from The University of Manchester has demonstrated a previously unexplored biological process, which can lead to the failure of embryos to attach to the uterine wall during in vitro fertilisation (IVF). IVF only...

Seeing Themselves as Overweight May Be Self-Fulfilling Prophecy for Some Teens

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Teens who mistakenly perceive themselves as overweight are actually at greater risk of obesity as adults, according to research findings forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our research shows...

New Sleep Durations Recommended

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The US National Sleep Foundation (NSF), along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, issued its new recommendations for appropriate sleep durations. The report recommends wider appropriate sleep ranges for most age groups. The results are...

Parenting & depression study: Fathers are at risk, too

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In stressful family circumstances, parenthood sometimes take a bigger toll on fathers’ mental health. Scholars at Brigham Young University and Princeton conducted research that gives a better look at how various types of parents experience...
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