Dr Alexander Bacalja

Senior Lecturer, English and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne

Education

Special Report

How gaming is finding its place in education

From cooperative space adventures teaching neurodivergent teens collaboration to VR taking biology students inside the human body, educators are harnessing the power of play

Education

Australian literature’s great silence

The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted the systemic racism in Australian society; a new study suggests that we must question the very white stories told in our classrooms

Education

Move over Shakespeare – what students can learn from studying videogames

Are videogames the missing element in the English curriculum?