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La Trobe academics secure $7m in ARC funding

Twelve La Trobe researchers have secured ARC Discovery Project grants.

Empowering students with augmented reality

Dr Stefan Schutt has co-authored a chapter in Creative Technologies Education on how Augmented Reality (AR) can empower students as designers.

Supporting self-regulation in classrooms

New research has trialled an eight-week co-taught, teacher and occupational therapist program to support student self-regulated learning.

Autistic student experiences in high school

Research led by Dr Helen Kasztelan Chapman is exploring the experiences of autistic students in mainstream secondary schools.

Distinguished Professor Pamela Snow

Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Co-Director of La Trobe’s Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab, Pamela Snow has been a driving force for evidence-informed change in classrooms across Australia.

Nexus - a supported step into the classroom

For Casey and Peter, Nexus has been a turning point, making a career change to teaching achievable

Teachers and generative AI

New research from Associate Professor Melissa Barnes explores a growing tension with teachers who use generative Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Parents’ experiences of literacy instruction during the pandemic

New research led by Professor Tanya Serry has found that remote teaching during COVID-19 gave parents rare insight into early reading instruction

Claudia’s journey to early childhood education

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education student, Claudia Condello, was inspired by her young cousins to pursue a career as an early childhood teacher.

Resilience of women in doctoral studies

Bingqing (Bonnie) Li, Lecturer in Teacher Education and Pedagogy, has published a chapter exploring how female doctoral students navigate these often-competing demands.

La Trobe celebrates Indigenous excellence with Billabongs Not Silos

La Trobe University is proud to announce the continuation of its Billabongs Not Silos initiative, a powerful platform designed to amplify Indigenous leadership, knowledge and excellence in both health and education.

Rethinking graduate teacher readiness for hard-to-staff schools

New research from Dr Babak Dadvand, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy, Professional Practice and Teacher Education, has examined graduate teacher readiness in hard-to-staff schools.