Neuro-nonsense
NASA Space Camp is just one of the many ways that Brisbane Girls Grammar School students challenge the notion that male and female brains are fundamentally different. Dean of Students Mrs Anne Ingram explores this nero-nonsense myth.
Familiarity Breeds Expertise: The role of working memory in problem solving
Why do students who have the required content knowledge have difficulty applying it in problem-solving situations? Evolution might provide the answer.
Vive les Différences?
A Girls Grammar education is one that debunks notions of sameness and encourages our girls to value diversity. International exchanges, study tours, language courses and events such as Diversity Day all contribute to allow students to experience, study, value and take action on cultural issues.
People who need people
With every device and virtual dimension available at their impetuous adolescent fingertips, why do teenagers still prefer to talk face to face? Is there something essential that is only experienced in the presence of another person; when we relate to them, gaze at them, and feel their gaze upon us?
Learning outside the classroom
Learning outside the classroom has great benefits for students, nurturing the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and cognitive aspects of life. Deputy Principal (Operations) Mrs Judith Tudball explores how students achieve personal growth through life-wide learning.
Finding Ways to Find Their Way
Director of Post Secondary Planning, Mr James Seaha, presents three examples of the emerging careers of recent Brisbane Girls Grammar School graduates; Young women who plan, act on opportunity, spend time in reflection, and embrace new ideas. Their stories are an inspiration for those who will follow.
That all important sense of gratitude
Being grateful for your circumstances is not always easy but cultivating a sense of gratitude at both personal and community levels has unexpected benefits.
The Uralla Club
Uralla, from the dialect of the Anaiwan people, means ‘ceremonial meeting place on a hill’. This word has been chosen as the title of a new service club at Brisbane Girls Grammar School. Under the leadership of Anna McArthur-Dowty and Josefine Ganko the group hopes to make a difference and to affect change in relation to the complex issues surrounding Australia’s Indigenous people.
Different by Design
Human thought is lost! The rituals, discipline and scholarly tradecraft which hold the key to catacombs of deep thought within human society are being dismissed by our young. Or are they? Mr Shane Skillen, Co-Director of Technology Studies argues that we are yet to appreciate the complexities of knowledge acquisition in the information age. If teachers and parents can identify the commonalities and respect the differences, they can help young people develop a meaningful, critical and reflective attitude towards deep learning and understanding.
Tasks of tomorrow…
For anyone who has ever ‘crammed’ for an exam or experienced an ‘all-nighter’ prior to a due date, Ms Maggi Gunn, Director of Mathematics explores the concept of academic procrastination.