Australian schools and teachers have been experiencing a tremendous "climate of change" over the past few years. This survey looked at how much teachers knew about the "key" competencies approach which is new to many of them.

Although left-handed children are allowed to use their dominant hands by teachers and parents nowadays, very little in terms of guidance is available. Here are some practical suggestions for teachers.

A close look at the links between school, parents, and community in eight schools in suburban Sydney questions the nature and effectiveness of the home/school partnership.

A study of New Zealand teachers with library responsibility in schools looks at whether or not teachers have the time, skills and available product to select books which best meet the needs of pupils and staff.

Suggestions on how to analyse children's spelling and thus provide effective spelling instruction.

Although many states in Australia have abolished corporate punishment, are teachers replacing authoritarian beliefs with democratic ones when dealing with classroom discipline?

Children have some very good ideas on how they could be disciplined without the use of physical punishment.

How young children react to reading with CD-ROM story-books, the latest multimedia reading resource.

An innovative approach for introducing an HIV/AIDS topic to the health curriculum, showing the importance of involving parents in knowledge transference.

Exciting ways young children use calculators. And no, calculators do not inhibit learning.