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Ten partnerships are piloting an innovative program that provides high school students with an industry-supported pathway to a STEM-related qualification.
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Browse: How Urban Sea Snakes Lost Their Stripes |
A growing body of research is finding that video games stimulate the brain, but are the skills acquired transferable and is violence in games really an issue?
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Feature:
The Gender Divide in Science Education
While girls now match boys in their interest and ability in science, there remains a stark disparity in the subjects they select and the careers they pursue. |
While many believe that there’s a set of basic scientific facts that people should know, they are spectacularly unsuccessful at being able to nominate just what those facts should be.
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A research career doesn’t suit everybody, but the skill sets of scientists can lead to rewarding careers beyond academia. |
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Browse:
Gene Variations Influence Education
An exceptionally large study of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) – variations in which just one of the four nucleotides of DNA is altered – has found a number that relate to the time spent in education. |
Browse: Pattern Learning Aids Language Development in Kids |
| Browse: Toy Choice Influences Child Literacy and Numeracy | Browse: Gender and Cultural Bias Against University STEM Teachers |
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conSCIENCE:
Lessons from Space Camp
Fascination with space travel can launch primary students into a life of maths and science discovery. |
conSCIENCE:
Serendipity, Your Number Is Up
Science, technology, engineering and maths skills are needed to build the nation, but student and teacher numbers are in decline. |
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conSCIENCE:
Diversity Values Must Be Backed By Actions
A disabled student’s story reveals the huge systemic barriers faced by minority groups seeking a science education. |
conSCIENCE:
Maths Teaching Faces a Crisis
With student numbers swelling, new graduate teachers alone cannot make up for the impending retirement of many mathematically qualified teachers. |
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The Bitter Pill:
Why People Believe Weird Things 101
A new university course is teaching students why normally sensible people believe weird things, and some of the tricks used by pseudoscientific practitioners. |
Cool Careers:
Lessons from Abroad
After teaching science in developing countries, Scott Daniel has returned home to develop teaching strategies for large class sizes here. |
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Cool Careers:
Hazardous Outreach
Bob Muir is taking chemistry to the public but says safety regulations prevent him from doing the sorts of things he would really like. |
Directions:
The “Good Enough” Education System
Does Australia have the education system it needs for a vibrant economic future? |
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Directions:
No More Studies: It’s Time for STEM Action
The STEM situation is desperate and needs to be addressed as a high priority. |
Directions:
Australia’s High Schools Are Into STELR
The STELR program now reaches 500 schools, 50,000 students and 1500 teachers each year. |
The SAGE program aims to engender balance in STEM professions. |
Expert Opinion:
Where does Australia stand on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education?
Experts respond to a report into international comparisons of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. |
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Fossil File:
Dinosaurs Should Rock Older Students Too
Primary schools use dinosaurs to teach how scientific disciplines overlap. Universities should too.
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Lowe Tech:
Engineering Numbers Aren’t Adding Up
Our universities aren’t producing enough engineers to meet demand, and gender balance remains an issue.
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Naked Skeptic:
Checking the Facts
How much can you rely on what you read without checking the facts yourself? |
Naked Skeptic:
A History Lesson for Smart Kids
Harry Messel was the inspiration for a talk Peter Bowditch gave at the 2015 Young Scientist Awards organised by the Science Teachers’ Association of NSW. |
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Naked Skeptic:
University Research Is Losing Its Independence
Universities can no longer be relied upon to allow unconventional voices to be heard – unless there’s sponsorship attached. |
Naked Skeptic:
School Daze
Is there any science behind the theory that a child’s visual, auditory or kinesthetic learning style should determine how they’re taught? |
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Naked Skeptic:
Go! Learn Things!
Knowing about science is more important than doing science because it helps you separate sense from nonsense. |
Neuropsy:
Slings and Arrowsmiths
A well-promoted intervention for children with learning disorders lacks reliable evidence for its efficacy.
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Neuropsy:
How Strong Is the Evidence for Brain Training Programs?
The quality of research supporting brain training programs has been questioned. |
Simon Says:
Science Student Enrolments: The Glass Is Half-Full
Fewer science students at school is better than more. It’s what they do next that matters. |
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Simon Says:
Curriculum Wars
The troubled saga of the national school curriculum has more turmoil ahead, and perhaps an unhappy ending. |
Simon Says:
Rebooting Computing at School
We can devote more early-stage teaching effort to computing but will Aussie kids click onto it? |
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Up Front:
Unrest in the Ranks – and Rankings
Working scientists are becoming disenchanted in the workplace at a time when scientific literacy of students is slipping.
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The Funneled Web:
Teaching Real Science
Are we teaching difficult concepts too early in the science curriculum? |
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The Funneled Web:
Unhealthy Science?
Ian Dobson Delivers the First of Three Studies Commissioned by Australia's Chief Scientist. |
Online Feature: The ethics of "gifted" genes: the road to Gattaca? |
| Online Feature: Why is it so hard to recruit good maths and science teachers? | Online Feature: Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read |
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conSCIENCE:
Science for Dummies
How concerned should we be that many Australians don't know some basic science facts? |
