Blog Category: Teachers’ Help

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Creating a safe place for today’s adolescents

According to the Mission Australia Youth Survey 2020, the top four concerns for young people ...

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Motivating Students Beyond Carrot & Stick

How stickers and certificates can undermine students’ self-direction and motivation, and why influence is more ...

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Keeping a balance in our classrooms

Avoiding the IT Overload Just last week I watched a toddler massively engaged in an ...

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What Boys Need Most

“Boys are found everywhere, on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running ...

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School Readiness – Helping Parents Decide

My oldest son couldn’t write his name when he started school, but heck Michael is ...

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Bullying: a complex problem

Bullying is a frequent topic in the Australian media and I know from my travels ...

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Bullying in Our Schools: A different perspective

“Our world is becoming increasingly violent. Social and political initiatives everywhere are seeking to counteract ...

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Hidden influences on student learning

Sometimes as teachers we scratch our head wondering why some students perform to their potential ...

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Using Visualisation and Mental Rehearsal in the Classroom

When students turn up in your classroom they bring with them invisible inhibitors to learning. ...

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Adolescence Unplugged Part 1

Part One of a two-part series published in Spectrum magazine, this article explores what is ...

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Adolescence Unplugged Part 2

Part two of a two-part series (Part 1) on understanding and engaging with adolescents, published ...