Australia prides itself on being a safe travel destination. And feeling safe is one of the leading considerations for international students when choosing to study here. More...
25 août 2019
25 août 2019
China crisis? Hardly – it doesn’t matter most Aussie kids don’t speak fluent Mandarin
For decades, Australian schools have focused on teaching Asian languages to strengthen our opportunities in Asia. One of the four target languages has been Standard Chinese, or Mandarin, the official language of mainland China. More...
25 août 2019
Québec’s Bill 21 may embolden religious bullying in schools
The Québec Superior Court recently agreed to revisit a challenge to Bill 21, Loi sur la laïcité de l’État.
The bill prohibits teachers, judges, police officers, prison guards and other public workers from wearing religious symbols or signs (signes religieux) at work. These are defined as including clothing, symbols, jewels, ornaments and accessories or headgear which is “believed to be related to a belief or religious belief or is reasonably considered to refer to religious membership.” More...
25 août 2019
China’s tobacco industry is building schools and no one is watching
Would you send your child to a school named after a cigarette brand? What if it was one of only two schools in your area and boasting far better infrastructure? What if the school also had an inspirational slogan such as “genius is from hard work, tobacco helps you excel” on a sign or its walls, and a tobacco company’s logo on its building? Would you care if the school was built by a tobacco company. More...
25 août 2019
Green chemistry labs teach students a sustainable and innovative mindset
The chemical industry has been responsible for numerous technological advancements, but also many environmental problems and disasters. Principles applied through what’s called green chemistry seek to reduce or eliminate hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and use of chemical products. More...
25 août 2019
Historians’ archival research looks quite different in the digital age
Think of all the information that you create today that will be part of the record for tomorrow. More than half of the world’s population is online and may be doing at least some of the following: communicating by email, sharing thoughts on Twitter or social media or publishing on the web. More...
25 août 2019
Teaching technological stewardship makes future engineers more agile and responsible
The scale, pace and breadth of technological development in artificial intelligence, robotics, computing, biotechnology, materials science and beyond have ushered in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. More...
25 août 2019
School fees undermine public education’s commitment to equity
I’m looking at $85 per child in school fees for the 2019-2020 school year at my sons’ public high school. It breaks down like this: $35 to support clubs, teams, councils and athletics; $35 for the yearbook; $10 for an athletics T-shirt; $5 for an agenda. More...
25 août 2019
Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school comeback
Teaching connected-style handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. Older generations have sometimes been shocked that some younger people today can’t sign their names on official documents or even read a handwritten note. More...
25 août 2019
Using language to make the world of fossil fuels strange and ugly
They weren’t getting it.
I had a room full of bright first-year university students in front of me, but confusion reigned as I tried to describe how embedded fossil fuels are in every aspect of society. More...
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