Making mathematics more difficult can actually improve learning in low-achieving students, a new study has found. The Monash University study explored a unique way of delivering a lesson on fractions where teachers provide students with challenging maths tasks to work ...

The University of Melbourne has taken up the challenge of instilling a love for STEM subjects in young children. Over two days the university is hosting 300 primary school students at the Melbourne School of Engineering and will show students ...

Risk anxiety amongst teachers and parents is invading the school playground and could lead to inactivity and boredom, a Charles Darwin University researcher is suggesting in a new report. International Graduate Centre of Education researcher and lecturer Dr Brendon Hyndman ...

A virtual business simulation model that mimics the dynamics and pressures of a modern business environment is being used in education assessment. The simulated online business called the Australian Business and Management Association uses technology to closely reflect a real ...

If the incitement of debate on controversial topics was the goal of the Edu Tech conference taking place in Brisbane this week, then its organisers must have been thrilled with the presentation of MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte. Addressing ...

Industry experts, people living with dementia, carers and researchers recently gathered to share their expertise and stories at a forum on dementia at the University of Sydney. With more than 1,800 new cases in Australia each week, dementia is predicted ...

A University of New England researcher is taking a school vegetable garden program global to help encourage healthy eating and combat obesity. UNE’s professor Neil Taylor is working with professor Abdullah Ambusaidi and Dr Rashid Al-Yahya of the Sultan Qaboos ...

If you're dreaming of buying one of those new Tesla home batteries and running your house "off the grid" and power bill-free, you really are dreaming, according to Australian academics. Elon Musk, the charismatic founder of the Tesla electric car company, ...

Top teaching students in Geelong will gain valuable school experience in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the region, thanks to a new program launched by Deakin University. The National Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS) program will see ...

The federal government is trading blows with the Australian Medical Association over doctors’ concerns that Curtin University’s planned medical school will exacerbate training bottlenecks. On Sunday, Curtin vice-chancellor professor Deborah Terry said the government’s green light for the proposed school ...