News: education

Inclusion project empowers future teachers to support neurodivergent learners

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New training formulated by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ is set to boost disability and inclusion studies in teaching degrees, creating more inclusive environments for neurodivergent learners.

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Positive parenting reduces anxiety and helps prevent bullying at school

Thriving Kids and Parents Schools Project

A new nationwide study giving parents access to strategies to help their children cope with anxiety and bullying is resulting in better behaved students at home and in the classroom.

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AI and Plato clash

Plato

Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ advise that more caution should be exercised for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in educational contexts. This comes after a new study highlights key differences between modern technology and important ancient philosophy in education.

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Joining the fight for better autism inclusion in education

Autism education

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ is today joining forces with the University of South Australia, Tabor College and Flinders University to make education in SA more accessible for people with autism.

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Scholarships for the best and brightest to teach our kids

Students at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ's North Terrace campus

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ will play a role in strengthening and diversifying South Australia’s teaching profession with scholarships supporting some of the best and brightest students enrolled in teaching degrees.

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Partnership strengthens ties between Nottingham and Adelaide

Professor Shearer West and Professor Peter Høj.

The University of Nottingham and the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have formally launched the Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance.

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Leading photonics expert crowned Innovator of the Year

Andre Luiten in the lab.

A ³ÉÈË´óƬ professor who is helping to position South Australia as a hub for photonics and quantum innovation has been named the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year.

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Art competition celebrates marine life education

A colourful painting of a seal in the sea, by Bella from Kangaroo Island.

Winners have been announced in a state-wide school art competition aimed at increasing young people’s knowledge of South Australian marine life and Australian Marine Parks. The students were inspired to create their art following a ³ÉÈË´óƬ organised roadshow.

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Oxford expert to lead school of education

Professor Susan James Relly smiles into the camera.

A new Head of School has been appointed to the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Education.

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Keeping PACE with skills during and post COVID-19

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Learn Fast, Grow Fast, Adapt Fast – this is the concept behind the new Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) unit at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, which is helping Australians to reskill and upskill for a rapidly changing world.

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