Can nonviolence be taught as part of a child's education?
The transformative power of nonviolence has been evidenced in many contexts and by many – most notably in the work by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Professor Emeritus Magnus Haavelsrud from South African recently...
New data display helps track safety and wellbeing of Australia’s children and young people
The release of a new series of 'dynamic data displays' from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) will better allow governments, decision makers, and members of the public to understand and track...
Pre-Christmas Toy Safety Checks Underway
NSW Fair Trading has commenced its annual pre-Christmas toy safety checks targeting suburbs and towns across the state.
Fair Trading Commission Rod Stowe said discount stores would be a focus as would ‘pop up kiosk’...
Spelling ability predicts students’ writing success
Mrs Tessa Daffern from CSU's Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) analysed data from year three and year five NAPLAN Writing Tests and Language Conventions Tests (2012-2013) to expose the relationship...
Fathers’ mental health crucial to better parenting
Fathers’ psychological distress in the postnatal period is associated with lower perceptions of parenting competence, higher levels of hostile parenting and poorer outcomes for children, a new ACU study has found.
The finding is part...
NAPLAN fails children with communication impairment
Research from Charles Sturt University (CSU) has shown how children with communication impairments fare far worse in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) than typical children and most have no access to...
Significant inequality faced by a third of Australian kids
Associate Professor Gerry Redmond’s research for the Australian Child Wellbeing Project looked at thousands of young people.
A Flinders University led survey of 5,400 students in 180 primary and secondary schools across Australia has found...
Mobile technology to promote adolescent sexual health
A project that explores how mobile technology can help to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health has led to collaboration between academics from UTS and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
Professor Regina Lee from PolyU...
Dads who read to their children give them an early start
Dads who read, draw, do puzzles and other activities are not only helping their children develop motor skills, they may also be shaping their learning ability.
A recent study involving 800 children in New South...
Educators say man drought in Aussie classrooms must end
Australia needs to break a decades-old drought of men in the classroom by encouraging more men to become teachers, leading ACU educator said.
New analysis by Australian Catholic University (ACU) of ABS Labour Force data...
