Blog Category: Schooling & Homework
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A shift of priorities for teen boys in high school.
I am focusing this blog on teen boys as, statistically, they are struggling in high ...
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Why our schooling system is flawed and what we need to change
Over the last month while running seminars and attending conferences I have had many conversations ...
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ABC News Live Blog Parenting Q&A with Maggie
Maggie was invited by ABC News to answer people’s questions in a live blog on ...
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Top Tips: Best Books for Teens/Adolescents
In February 2022 I had a question from someone in my membership community about trying ...
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Helping boys cope better at school: Tips for teachers and parents
Boys struggling in school, in the Western world, from transition to high school, is not ...
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Another new normal: back to school after isolation
Schools across Australia are gradually opening their doors for more and more students to return ...
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Top tips and links for families in isolation
Please note we would recommend you visit any of these sites mentioned on this page ...
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Why we must prioritise play for today’s children and why we need to do it NOW
I have been writing and speaking about the importance of play in childhood for a ...
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Early years education is more than child’s play
Recently I discovered that in some states, early childhood educators with a four-year education degree ...
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Helping badly behaved students
Recent reports have exposed the alarming impact badly behaved students have in Australian schools, both ...
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Leaving high school & joining the school of life: Words of caution & hope
As a former high school teacher I can remember the excitement and unbridled enthusiasm that ...
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The comfort of family ritual
As the end of the year comes hurtling toward us, many of us who celebrate ...
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In praise of a common-sense revolution
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...
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Getting it ‘just right’ with extra-curricular activities
I was asked this week to comment for a national current affairs TV program about ...
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Helping Children who Struggle with School
This article was first published in Parenting Ideas magazine in November/December 2013. More and more in ...
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Why schools are failing our boys
Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this ...
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Schoolyard Violence a Symptom of Modern Teenage Life
This opinion piece ran in The Courier-Mail in September 2009. This week we have heard ...
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Hidden influences on student learning
Sometimes as teachers we scratch our head wondering why some students perform to their potential ...
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