Student health and wellbeing
Not all programmes aimed at enhancing children's self-esteem have been successful. This article evaluates the impact of two programmes and offers activities which can be used in the classroom.
This evaluation of the Dare to make a choice programme offers advice and information for schools faced by a proliferation of drug education programmes.
A successful conflict-resolution programme which has helped one Australian secondary school to create a positive school climate.
Social interactions are very much an individual matter, but what factors in a school setting also influence students with disabilities in developing social relationships?
An evaluation of the child protection programme, Keeping Ourselves Safe, with intermediate school students aged 10–12 years and their parents. Such programmes can teach students strategies for dealing with potentially unsafe situations, but how can schools ensure students will actually use them?
Disruptive behaviour can seriously impede a student's academic progress. Here are some classroom strategies which promote emotional growth and appropriate social skills to help reduce classroom disruption and improve student time on-task.
An examination of a multi-cultural school's community and how it operates, with suggestions for other schools seeking to build a culture of respect as well as promote academic success for all students.
Longitudinal study which asked: Does multiage grouping make a difference to the students in terms of their learning environment or their social adjustment?
This article reports on research from two surveys: one which investigated the prevalence of students with emotional/behavioural disorders; the other investigated students' views on schoolwork, behaviour, and violence.
Study of student teachers' knowledge and attitudes towards Australian indigenous people which gives an indication of the sorts of stereotypes and misconceptions about indigenous people which teachers are likely to need to address in their classrooms.
