Category: Academic
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Kvetching about time – what it is and why the wealthy are more prone to doing it
An excerpt from Spending Time – The Most Valuable Resource by Daniel Hamermesh. Daniel will be appearing at the UNSW Bookshop at 2pm today. Kvetch, a Yiddish word now widely used in English, means “to complain or gripe habitually.” And a favorite complaint is that someone is stressed for time. One definition of stress is…
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We need to rethink the definition of a ‘healthy diet’
By Professor Karen Charlton, Adv APD, RPHNutr, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Australia Forecasts suggest that by 2050, 10 billion people will inhabit the earth, requiring the production of 70 to 100 per cent more food. This population growth and the global climate tipping point have challenged nutritionists to rethink the concept of what…
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Serial Offenders? The troubles and triumphs of true crime podcasting
By Katrina Clifford and Rob White. Learn more about the new edition of Crime, Criminality and Criminal Justice, authored by Rob White, Santina Perrone and Loene Howes. Podcasts about true crime have emerged as the new best sellers of crime media. The annual podcast survey by the ABC reveals the surge in popularity, with 44%…
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The beginnings of Anzac Day
Excerpt from The War at Home by John Connor, Peter Stanley and Peter Yule ‘Anzac’ (soon transmuting from acronym to word) came to sum up the Australian desire to reflect on what the war had meant. What was the first Anzac Day? At least four explanations exist for the origins of the idea of Anzac,…
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Factors to consider in creating a play-based program for early learners
Article first published in Education Review. By Learning Through Play (OUP) author and Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Christine Robinson The campaign by the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia to encourage state and federal governments to fund two years of play-based learning for…
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The new Oxford Reading for Comprehension series tackles emerging comprehension challenges
Oxford University Press (OUP) has introduced a brand new guided reading program, Oxford Reading for Comprehension, to help teachers address the comprehension challenge in Australian primary schools. The research-based series, created in Australia, combines a consistent, strategic approach to comprehension with creative and exciting content to ensure students remain engaged while they develop their comprehension…
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How positive psychology can improve teachers’ well-being
Teacher well-being has been in the news recently, with Education Minister Dan Tehan saying teachers must be better trained to deal with the pressure of difficult classrooms and the physical and verbal abuse they experience. This month, the ABC reported that teachers and principals were under increasing pressure as a result of the anxiety epidemic…
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Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
First published in Education Review. Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School author Ruth Reynolds, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Newcastle Graduates from accredited teaching courses will be required to pass literacy and numeracy tests before they can enter the profession this year. Potential teachers will have three attempts at passing…