Gonski Institute for Education

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17 Feb 2021

Structural failure: Why Australia keeps falling short of its educational goals

Australian schools have been through many changes over the years, but how much of this amounts to progress is open to question.

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In the Media

23 Jul 2020

Fighting the Privatisation of Education: How are parents, teachers and activists successfully fighting the forces that are privatising US public schools?

How are parents, teachers and activists successfully fighting the forces that are privatising public schools?

16 Jul 2020

Equity in Australian Education Policy Brief: Achieving a bright future for all young Australians

Equity in education, where all students have equal access to quality education and the same opportunity to succeed, must become a priority for the Australian school system.

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Learning with LEGO: The Fair Play Project

What if more opportunities for play could address educational disadvantage among Australian children? A world-leading new project by the Gonski Institute for Education and LEGO Education Australia aims to find out.

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Fair Play

Growing Up Digital Australia

According to ‘Growing Up In Australia’ (2015) up to 30% of a child’s waking time is spent in front of a screen. At the same time, developmental wellbeing such as mental health and physical health has experienced a significant deterioration (Mission Australia, Youth Survey Report 2018). This research project is designed to better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, nutrition, and sleep quality and quantity.

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Growing Up Digital

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GIE CONVERSATION KICKER # 1: An hour of play

In this short article, we explain what play is, how we all benefit from letting the children play more, what Australians think about play, and what parents and teachers can do to get our children, and all of us, to play more and better in and out of school.

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Fair Play

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