Authoritarian governance, endemic social inequality and colonial legacies have stymied on-the-ground change to the way Australia's overseas educational aid is delivered.
This year's Learning Technology Research Fest, the biggest fest to date, saw the gathering of over 150 enthusiastic researchers in learning and technology.
Faculty researchers made nine presentations over three days at the national "ascilite" conference, an impressive show for Learning and Technology research at Sydney.
Former and current students and staff of Education and Social work are being invited to enter an arts competition that celebrates this year's twin milestone anniversaries.
Applications have opened for the faculty's first new postgraduate degree program in five years, the graduate-entry level Master of Social Work (Qualifying).
Early-childhood education has taken a quantum step: the creation of a professorship at the University of Sydney dedicated to learning in the preschool years.
Children whose parents divorce because of domestic violence are being exposed to further emotional risk by well-intentioned changes made to the Family Law Act.
Academics from the Faculty of Education and Social Work have have criticised the "My School" website for providing inadequate financial context for schools' performances.
Australia's Chief Scientist, Penny Sackett has made a public announcement to about the importance of supporting research into the sciences and technologies of learning.
Inspiring a love of science and mathematics among children is the mission of an institute launched on February 26 by the faculties of Science, and Education and Social Work.
Researchers at the faculty's Centre for Research on Computer-supported Learning and Cognition (CoCo) have been awarded ARC funding in 2010 for projects on virtual environments, modelling, science education and climate change.
Preschool children with poor language skills caught up with their peers after their parents were taught to speak less and listen more, a study by faculty researchers has found.
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The Sydney Morning Herald has named Professor Peter Goodyear one of Sydney's 100 most influential people in 2010.
The ideals of the 'good mother' have changed with time, fashion and context. They have defined who good mothers are, what they do and how they feel.
Authoritarian governance, endemic social inequality and colonial legacies have stymied on-the-ground change to the way Australia's overseas educational aid is delivered.
This year's Learning Technology Research Fest, the biggest fest to date, saw the gathering of over 150 enthusiastic researchers in learning and technology.
Faculty researchers made nine presentations over three days at the national "ascilite" conference, an impressive show for Learning and Technology research at Sydney.
Former and current students and staff of Education and Social work are being invited to enter an arts competition that celebrates this year's twin milestone anniversaries.
Applications have opened for the faculty's first new postgraduate degree program in five years, the graduate-entry level Master of Social Work (Qualifying).
Early-childhood education has taken a quantum step: the creation of a professorship at the University of Sydney dedicated to learning in the preschool years.
Australia's premier research authority, the 
The CoCo Research Centre has won the bid to host the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences in Sydney for 2012.
Children whose parents divorce because of domestic violence are being exposed to further emotional risk by well-intentioned changes made to the Family Law Act.
A program that places professional actors as mentors to teachers in primary classrooms has tripled in size after an impressive pilot year.
Academics from the Faculty of Education and Social Work have have criticised the "My School" website for providing inadequate financial context for schools' performances.
Inspiring a love of science and mathematics among children is the mission of an institute launched on February 26 by the faculties of Science, and Education and Social Work.
Researchers at the faculty's Centre for Research on Computer-supported Learning and Cognition (CoCo) have been awarded ARC funding in 2010 for projects on virtual environments, modelling, science education and climate change. 
Preschool children with poor language skills caught up with their peers after their parents were taught to speak less and listen more, a study by faculty researchers has found.