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- Philip Feinstein, Music for Refugees Lots of people are now stuck inside their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretty miserable hey . . . Especially if you are a kid (or a fun adult) who wants to get out and play. Children are bored and stressed - they want something to do . [...]
Leticia Anderson, Southern Cross University; Kathomi Gatwiri, Southern Cross University; Lynette Riley, University of Sydney, and Marcelle Townsend-Cross, Southern Cross University As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism, and talk to our students and children in ways that can facilitate change. Education is [...]
Andrew Fuller, Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychologist, My Learning Strengths How not to get PTSD in trying times Everyone seems to be either shrinking away in fear of one another or heaving a sigh of relief and pretending everything is hunky dory. I’m not sure we are clear anymore about where the news stories end and [...]
Lauren McNamara, Ryerson University and Pasi Sahlberg, UNSW School leaders globally are tasked with the unenviable challenge of planning for school reopenings after COVID-19 pandemic shut downs. Having experienced their own isolation, anxiety, exhaustion and challenges of taking schools online, they are now challenged to redesign their schools to mitigate the effects of a pandemic. [...]
Dr Tania King, Marissa Shields, Professor Anne Kavanagh and Stefanie DimovAustralians in their teens and twenties might be at minimal risk from COVID-19 itself, but they are at risk of significant financial impacts as the true economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis becomes clear. Already experiencing high levels of unemployment and under-employment before the spread [...]
Professor Lea Waters COVID-19 has caused major disruptions to education globally. Data released by UNESCO on in late March, showed that 138 governments had ordered country-wide closures of their schools. A staggering 80 per cent, or more than 1.3 billion, of the world’s students are learning remotely. The move to remote learning Schools and larger [...]
Christine Grove, Lecturer, Education, Monash University Around the world, young people are actively contributing to change. They’re breaking down barriers. They’re developing policy. And they’re creating action. In Asia, they’ve been key contributors in government responses to the HIV epidemic. In sub-Saharan Africa, they’ve been drivers to establish and enact sustainable development goals. In the [...]
Associate Professor Eva Alisic and Dr Mira Vasileva Young children are known for their ability to bounce back from illness and minor setbacks as they explore their world. Many adults assume that larger negative experiences – like serious accidents and natural disasters – don’t affect pre-schooler kids in the long run, as they may not [...]
Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett, University of Wollongong and Steven Howard, University of Wollongong With governments around the world asking their citizens to avoid places, activities and gatherings to save lives, this just might be the largest ever international effort to self-regulate our actions against competing desires and impulses. To achieve this, we must overcome our desire to [...]
Wladislaw Rivkin, Aston University As an academic who regularly worked from home in the days before coronavirus, my friends often joked about what they imagined my daily routine might be (such as enjoying a morning gin and not changing out of my pyjamas). But as many people now realise, the reality is quite different. Working [...]
