Education Articles

Cultivating Curiosity for Lifelong Learning
In today’s world, curiosity plays such an important but underappreciated role. Having an intense desire to know or to learn something might sound like it’s

Take it Outside! There’s never been a better time for outdoor learning
In many ways, the classrooms of today are much different from the classrooms of the past. This is a positive thing, to be clear. Today’s

Boost Movement, Boost Learning: How Incorporating Movement Into the Classroom Helps Students
Can you imagine a reality where a teacher would actually encourage their students to get up and freely move around in the classroom, to stand up out of their chairs and leave their desks behind for a portion of the class period?

The Definitive Guide to Kagan Classroom Structure
The Kagan structure is simply the idea of inclusion and equality within the classroom.

BFX is partnering with QUT in new vertical school research
BFX is partnering with QUT and a select research team to explore the impact of new vertical schools on students’ capability and wellbeing.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast
Our efforts to create change, to impact mindsets, habits and behaviour, and to embed new ideas, stands and falls on the culture of the users.

What Is Student Voice and Why Is It Important?
No matter if it’s a teacher, an administrator, or a parent, adults at every level of the educational hierarchy are constantly coming up with new and innovative ways to revolutionise the classroom and vastly improve the learning experience.

Ways to Supersize your Small Classroom
The learning environment you create for your students can directly influence their educational experience.

The Learning Disposition Wheel: A User’s Guide
The Learning Disposition Wheel was first published in Transforming Schools (Jefferson and Anderson, 2017) and is now used across early childhood learning, primary, secondary and tertiary education to deepen and connect learning.

The Benefits of Sit-Stand Desks in the Classroom
Studies show that children sit 4.5 hours of a school day and another 3 hours when they get home; that’s 31 % of their waking life spent in a sedentary position.

The Future of School Library Design
School libraries are now recognised as learning centres, growing and caring for the children that one day, will manage our society.

Classroom Design: 100 Things you Must Consider
So many puzzle pieces work together when designing new learning spaces. Check out this ultimate checklist of considerations!

How to Create & Design for a Positive Classroom Culture
A student’s learning is greatly impacted by the atmosphere in and the physical layout of their learning environment. When a student enters a classroom, they should feel safe, stimulated and comfortable.

What is Co-Teaching?
Co-teaching was born out of the need for quality instruction for students with disabilities, as well as given a push by the No Child Left Behind act in the early 2000s.

How Doodling Can Improve Learning and Creativity in the Classroom
As most teachers will tell you, it can be frustrating when students don’t seem to be paying attention to you.