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Five years ago 88 percent of students in an average high school thought there would be a devastating war in their lifetimes. How have perceptions changed? A follow-up study.

Currently in secondary schools a special time allowance of 'up to five weekly teaching half days beyond regulation staffing' is available 'to permit schools to employ part time teachers when...

Discussing nuclear war informally with a group of 16-year-olds I discovered that they had a great many different opinions about it, and many misconceptions. Stimulated by Hugh Lauder and Alan Scott...

How can education help to break down unnecessary sex-stereotyping of school subjects? The issue was much discussed in the 70s. The 'Catch 22' situation in the diagram was common and it was realised...

Are kids in secondary schools misbehaving more frequently? Do they have less respect for teachers? Do they have less respect for authority? Is what teachers do contributing to the problem? How would...

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...

Children should learn how to learn. Nowadays we hope that school will teach that, above all else. Here is a case study of successful teaching for meta-learning. A second will appear in...

Do students of different sex, race, level of school achievement or from different socio-economic backgrounds have different perceptions of their last year of school? If they do, how much equity is...

The differences between Australian and Japanese secondary students' conceptions of learning and their use of self-regulated learning strategies.

What supports students to develop their conceptual understanding? Taking part in focus groups helped the Years 9 and 10 Māori and Pasifika students in this study to focus on understanding the...
