Narcissistic, lazy, and overly confident – this is the way some see the new generation of young people starting to go to our universities. More...22 avril 2019
A lecture on the art of lecturing: A how-to guide to teaching young people
Narcissistic, lazy, and overly confident – this is the way some see the new generation of young people starting to go to our universities. More...How education can help Burma on the fragile road to democracy
This is not the first time that the leader of the National League for Democracy has pointed to education as a transformational force. In 1997, still under house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi was asked what values of Burmese society she wished most to preserve. Her answer was “the Buddhist values of loving-kindness and compassion, a respect for education”. More...School chaplaincy case: a missed opportunity for secular education
The historic majority Australian High Court ruling that the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) is “invalid” is a gift to the argument for secular public education. More...Australian census: schools will struggle with religion changes
Yes, the number of Australians nominating “no religion” on their census form has increased substantially, to become the number two option nationally and the number one option in five of eight states and capital cities. More...Time for change: a new role for religion in education
The role of religion in Australian schools has been vigorously debated for more than a century. Recent events including the landmark High Court case, the pending Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) case outcome in Victoria, the decision to review Special Religious Education programs in NSW, and the move towards a National Curriculum all highlight the need to examine the role of religion in Australia’s schools. More...Indigenous education report misses the big picture
As someone who has spent years teaching literacy and numeracy in remote communities and researching Indigenous education issues, I find their analysis of Indigenous education in Australia worrying. More...Virtual campus: online universities are the future of higher education
In higher education, we’ve been talking about “e-learning” for years. But, in practice, we have mostly been teaching in the same way just through different mediums; that is, delivering one-way lectures online, posting digital lecture notes and occasionally “innovating” with quizzes. More...How the NBN will change education: Australia’s “Last Spike” moment
What pedal-powered short-wave radio was to remote stations of the 1950s - a direct link to the world of learning - the NBN will be to the children of the next decade. But the difference is profound. It will be multipoint and immersive, “many way” instead of two-way. It will make a baseline of high-quality learning available to every individual, every class - while teachers will be able to collaborate with each other across state and territory boundaries as never before. More...Beat-ups aside, Australian history has a future
Buried away in the correspondence columns of last week’s Sunday Age, a former history teacher’s letter “Where’s our history?” started an intense and confused debate about a “threat” by the national curriculum to Australian history in schools. More...Sick of paying for textbooks? Get them now, free and online
In the same way that free open online courseware is threatening to disrupt traditional universities, open textbook initiatives such as OpenStax College from Rice University threaten to do the same to the traditional textbook market. More...
