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Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning

  • Written by: Jamie Manolev, Research assistant, University of South Australia
Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learningClassDojo is an app used by teachers across the world to manage behaviour in the classroom.www.shutterstock.com

ClassDojo is one of the most popular classroom communication apps in the world. It claims to assist teachers to create happier classrooms and bills itself as “the simple way to build an amazing classroom community”.

Since it...

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How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island

  • Written by: Maria Seton, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe IslandLord Howe Island is part of a volcanic seamount formed around 7 million years ago. Flickr/Roderick Eime, CC BY-ND

Lord Howe Island is a beautiful and incredibly isolated world heritage site some 600km off the coast of New South Wales, lauded for its unique volcanic landforms and endemic species.

In a study published this month in Geological...

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How Australia's political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders

  • Written by: Mark Kenny, Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
How Australia's political ageism may be robbing us of our best leadersAustralia's unspoken antipathy to experience is not new, but contrasts sharply with the attitude found in other countries such as the US. Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Nancy Pelosi is back. Back throwing her weight around. Back in charge.

As the newly-elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives – arguably the most...

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