Research

Recent media releases on school or youth-related research projects

Fact sheets on school-related research grant projects

Supporting Refugee Students - reviewing an innovative high school based program to establish how best to support refugee students.

Immersive Schools - studying the use of immersive learning environments for enhancing collaborative learning. 

Ethnicity and Compulsory Schooling - identifying the pressures that may impact on increasing the school leaving age for ethnically diverse populations in NSW public schools.

You Can Count On It - continuing the investigation into the outcomes of the Counting On numeracy skills program, operating under the Quality Teaching in the Middle Years program in NSW schools. 

Crossing Thresholds in School Biology - investigating threshold concepts in biology in order to develop teaching approaches that are appropriate for diverse learners.

Closing the Gap for Indigenous Students - investigating how including Indigenous cultures into teaching can help Indigenous students achieve positive results.

Enabling Success at School - investigating ways to foster positive behaviour and academic success in school children.

Turning the COGs for Better Teaching - investigating the impact of professional learning on the attitudes and capacity of teachers in schools using a new type of curriculum planning.  

Staying on at School - researching why some students leave secondary school early.

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