Schools overpay ransomware demands – study | The Educator K/12
WEB6 hours ago · by The Educator 23 Sep 2024. A global study of ransomware’s impact found more than half of schools paid more than the initial ransomware demand, raising concerns about the financial impact cybercrime is having on the education industry. However, fewer schools (63%) were targeted by ransomware in 2024 …
Preventing tragedy: Support services critical for kids facing bullying
WEBPreventing tragedy: Support services critical for kids facing bullying. by Brett Henebery 23 Sep 2024. Last week, the terrible scourge of bullying reached the nation’s newspaper headlines after it was revealed a 12-year-old Sydney schoolgirl tragically took her life after being bullied. The mother of Charlotte, who was a student at Santa ...
School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm
WEB2 days ago · School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm. In Australia’s schools, more than 70% of principals work with teachers on classroom discipline problems at least once a week, reporting more frequently spending time on discipline problems than other leadership issues. At one Western Australian school, staff have made a conscious ...
New study to boost energetic play for Aussie kids
WEB3 days ago · by The Educator 20 Sep 2024. In the largest global trial of its kind, researchers aim to boost children's active play by developing policy guidelines for physical activity in early childhood care. The initiative comes as research shows more than eight in 10 young children (age 2-5 years) do not get enough activity for optimal growth and health.
Inclusive teaching boosts student engagement – study
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Teachers who took part in the Accessible Pedagogies program learned new techniques to make their lessons easier to understand. What they found was that students showed greater focus and comprehension in the classroom, suggesting that using these strategies helps all students, especially those with learning challenges, by removing unnecessary barriers to learning.
Online teaching vs the classroom: The pros and cons
WEBThe pros and cons. Kearney said the transition to online teaching presents unique challenges, not least of which is adapting traditional classroom workflows to digital platforms. “The pace of online lessons tends to be quicker, demanding a reevaluation of lesson timing and content delivery,” he said. “For teachers navigating this new ...
Daunted by AI? Here's how your school can get ahead of the curve
WEBHarnessing the power of Generative AI allows classrooms to shift from the traditional teacher-centric model towards a highly personalised, student-driven space. The ability to differentiate learning and drive student engagement can positively impact academic outcomes by ensuring that we are meeting young people at their point of need.
Students learn better online than in the classroom, new study claims
WEBTo determine the effectiveness of online learning compared to classroom learning, the researchers explored the use of remote learning by undergraduate accounting students after it was introduced at a university in the Southeast Asian country during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Researchers surveyed 482 first, second, and third-year students studying an accountancy degree in the 2020 to 2021 academic ...
Teachers overworked, underpaid, and undervalued – global report
WEBTeacher attrition was reported as an issue at all academic levels, with primary education (33.1%) the highest and higher education (17.3%) the lowest. Almost half (48%) of respondents think the teaching profession is not an attractive profession for young people. “Teachers are skilled professionals doing increasingly complex and challenging work.
The evidence is clear: Students learn better without mobile phones …
WEBOur results suggest that after schools banned mobile phones, test scores of students aged 16 increased by 6.4% of a standard deviation”. Beland said this is equivalent to adding five days to the school year or an additional hour a week. “The effects were twice as large for low-achieving students, and we found no impact on high achieving ...
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