As soon as we consider teaching about Race Relations we strike a dilemma: how to promote desirable values and still let the children learn for themselves. Trying to persuade children to believe what we believe interferes with the possibility of them constructing their own answers; in providing ready made answers ...

Three volunteer teachers arranged home interviews for each pupil in their class, offering parents the choice of an interview at home or at school. As more than half the parents opted for a home visit, it was possible to make some comparison between the relative effectiveness of the two methods ...

In New Zealand it is estimated that non-Maori girls now reach puberty, on average, at 12 years 6 months and Maori girls at 12.0. In Australia the age is between 12.4 and 13.0. That means that most girls could bear children in their first year at high school, and many ...

Of those students entering with University Entrance as their highest school-leaving qualification, 47% are in the 17- 18 age bracket. This is a similar percentage to those holding an 'A' Bursary and considerably higher than those with a 'B' Bursary or HSC. Full-time students entering with UE achieve as well ...

It is a commonplace that a child's success at school is influenced by home experiences. The attitude of parents towards school and schooling affects a child's progress. There is a developing interest in the part parents can and do play in the learning of their own children. Even amongst those ...

PAT: Study Skills measures some of the most important skills we teach; skills that give children the capacity to learn on their own. However, as study skills are imbedded in every subject in the curriculum they can be difficult to plan for and even more difficult to keep track of ...

In The Confusing World of High School Reading (Part 1): What the Teacher Doesn't See I reported the results of a recent study which showed that teaching a class of high school pupils can be deceptive. Sometimes the surface structure of the classroom indicates effective teaching, while in the minds ...

Drugs are a problem. Drug education is a problem. Drug users are a problem. But now, thanks to the Londonbased Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (lSDD), the in-service training and education of the front line professionals who have to cope with the results of alcohol and drug abuse ...

Most teachers use television incidentally in their lessons, if only to reinforce or illustrate some point. Many will have noticed a reluctance, almost an hostility, by the children towards discussing their favourite shows. Children learn quickly that too much discussion and analysis destroys the pleasure they get from television-while teachers ...

Alison is shy and finds it difficult to meet new people. She habitually stands back a little when approached, seldom looks people in the eye for long, and masks many of her emotional expressions. Her new classmates misread her nonverbal cues as lack of interest in their friendly overtures. Margaret ...