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First Nations students are engaged in primary school but face racism and limited opportunities to learn Indigenous languages
First Nations students are engaged in primary school but face racism and limited opportunities to learn Indigenous languages

Learning, Society & Culture

First Nations students are engaged in primary school but face racism and limited opportunities to learn Indigenous languages

Jessa Rogers, Queensland University of Technology; Kate E. Williams, Queensland University of Technology, and Kristin R. Laurens, Queensland University of Technology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ school experiences are often inaccurately described through what researchers call “deficit perspectives”. This means their experiences are spoken about by others in ways that aren’t representative of lived [...]

By Generation Next|2023-10-10T16:33:39+11:00October 10th, 2023|Categories: Learning, Society & Culture|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Fantasy football can negatively affect your wellbeing, but research shows it doesn’t have to
Fantasy football can negatively affect your wellbeing, but research shows it doesn’t have to

Wellbeing

Fantasy football can negatively affect your wellbeing, but research shows it doesn’t have to

Luke Wilkins, La Trobe University Erling Haaland or Harry Kane? Mo Salah or Marcus Rashford? Use the “triple captain” chip or save it? This weekend (and pretty much every weekend until the end of May), millions of people around the world will be making these sorts of decisions, hoping the right [...]

By Generation Next|2023-10-10T09:38:08+11:00October 6th, 2023|Categories: Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Early educators around the world feel burnt out and devalued. Here’s how we can help
Early educators around the world feel burnt out and devalued. Here’s how we can help

Education

Early educators around the world feel burnt out and devalued. Here’s how we can help

Marg Rogers, University of New England South Australia’s royal commission into early childhood education led by Julia Gillard has released an interim report. The key recommendation is preschool for all three-year-olds (in a move similar to other states). But the report notes one of the critical considerations around this change will be the early education [...]

By Generation Next|2023-10-10T09:38:15+11:00October 5th, 2023|Categories: Education|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Putting people before profits for global health
Putting people before profits for global health

Society & Culture

Putting people before profits for global health

Dr Jenn Lacy-Nichols and Professor Rob Moodie Commercial interests shape our world, sometimes with devastating impacts on public health. Pandemic profiteering increased the fortunes of the world’s super-rich by $US 4 trillion as millions lost their jobs and struggled to make ends meet. In recent years, we have seen some efforts to hold some [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-28T12:09:15+10:00September 27th, 2023|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Patching the right holes to retain Australian teachers
Patching the right holes to retain Australian teachers

Education

Patching the right holes to retain Australian teachers

Dr Hugh GundlachLast week, I had my first classes with my pre-service teachers since they returned from their first classroom placement. Some had not come back. I am an initial teacher educator, that is, I work with graduate teachers at the beginning of their careers to give them a theoretical underpinning of education and [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-28T12:08:09+10:00September 27th, 2023|Categories: Education|Tags: Article|0 Comments

How close are we to reading minds? A new study decodes language and meaning from brain scans
How close are we to reading minds? A new study decodes language and meaning from brain scans

Science & Research

How close are we to reading minds? A new study decodes language and meaning from brain scans

Christina Maher, University of Sydney The technology to decode our thoughts is drawing ever closer. Neuroscientists at the University of Texas have for the first time decoded data from non-invasive brain scans and used them to reconstruct language and meaning from stories that people hear, see or even imagine. In a new study published [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-28T12:06:42+10:00September 27th, 2023|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: Article|0 Comments

How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?
How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?

Wellbeing

How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money – without freaking them out?

Rachael Sharman, University of the Sunshine Coast I was a teenager during Australia’s 1990s “recession we had to have”, and remember clearly a friend asking his dad for some money to go to the movies. With equal parts frustration and resignation, the dad explained he’d been retrenched and wasn’t certain employment was on the [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-12T13:11:59+10:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Wellbeing|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Set ground rules, get them outside and do things together: how to navigate school holidays with high school kids
Set ground rules, get them outside and do things together: how to navigate school holidays with high school kids

Creativity

Set ground rules, get them outside and do things together: how to navigate school holidays with high school kids

Sarah Jefferson, Edith Cowan University School holidays become a very different challenge when kids leave primary school. The holiday program arrangements that once enabled parents to juggle work commitments may no longer be suitable or even available. You may find your child is at home largely unattended for two or three weeks. This can put [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-12T13:11:54+10:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Creativity|Tags: Article|0 Comments

Summer holiday science: three experiments to try with kids at home
Summer holiday science: three experiments to try with kids at home

Creativity

Summer holiday science: three experiments to try with kids at home

Stephen Ashworth, University of East Anglia The school summer holidays are in full swing. If you’re a parent, you may be getting tired of hearing “I’m bored!” echoing through your home – especially on rainy days when everyone’s stuck inside. But pretty much every kitchen can double as a chemistry set. Here are some experiments [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-12T12:50:27+10:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Creativity|Tags: Article|0 Comments

20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?
20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?

Technology

20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?

Elizabeth Mary Clancy, Deakin University and Bianca Klettke, Deakin University The sending and receiving of intimate images and videos is increasingly becoming a part of people’s sexual relationships – particularly for teenagers and young adults. Image-based “sexting” has steadily increased over the past few years. Aggregated data from population-representative studies in the United States, which [...]

By Generation Next|2023-09-12T12:00:11+10:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Technology|Tags: Article|0 Comments