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Article Development Mental health

How can children use language to support their mental health?

Sarah Griffiths / 8 June 2022
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How can media exposure affect a child’s body image?

Melissa Hogenboom / 25 August 2022
Article Mental health Mental health
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Welcome to Teachers’ Voices season two

Nina Alonso / 14 June 2022
Podcast 21st century skills Covid-19

The benefits of adventurous play

Melissa Hogenboom / 19 May 2022
Article Development Mental health
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What are the impacts of childhood adversity?

16 May 2022
Podcast Equity Mental health

The neuroscience behind playful learning

Eva Amsen / 19 April 2022
Article Development Neuroscience
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How do patterns help children learn language and social skills?

Kaitlyn Parks / 14 April 2022
Article Development Individual differences
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The delicate art of raising children’s self-esteem

Eddie Brummelman / 7 April 2022
Article Development Parenting and childcare
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Your toddler was born to help

Melissa Hogenboom / 3 March 2022
Article Development Parenting and childcare
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How can we support young children’s spatial reasoning?

Catherine Gripton and Emily Farran / 25 February 2022
Article Learning & Education Parenting and childcare
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npj Science of Learning Community: Digest #26

Gabrielle Ahern / 31 January 2022
Article Education systems Neuroscience
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The relevance of parental and family engagement in children’s education

Nina Alonso / 16 November 2021
Podcast Education policy Learning & Education

“It can be useful for kids to ignore their parents”

Juanita Bawagan / 11 November 2021
Interview 21st century skills Development
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Explore the latest news, research and opinions about child development and learning

How can analogies promote learning?

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 11 August 2022
Article Learning & Education Teaching methods
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How climate education can empower students

Nina Alonso / 26 July 2022
Podcast 21st century skills Learning environments

How can we make education systems fairer for children?

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 23 June 2022
Interview Diversity Education policy
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The promising world of children’s digital books

Natalia Kucirkova / 7 July 2022
Article Education technology Language
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Using edtech to personalize learning

Garvin Brod and Leonard Tetzlaff / 16 June 2022
Article Education technology Education technology
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Technology doesn’t have to distract from learning

Aisha Schnellmann / 5 May 2022
Interview Diversity Education technology
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What effect might a mass exodus of teachers have on students?

Natasha Duell and Hannah Netschytailo / 18 August 2022
Article Covid-19 Education policy
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Aggressive children too, can be victimized in the classroom

Jonathan Santo / 2 August 2022
Article Mental health Mental health
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“Governments need to work holistically across the entire education system” 

Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / 10 May 2022
Interview Covid-19 Education policy
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