Education

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Education

What education for Indigenous Futures could look like

As NAIDOC week celebrates the theme 'Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud', the conditions are ripe for increased First Language learning across Australia’s schools

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Education

For the first time, the curriculum in Australian classrooms has a focus on truth-telling

Education is an important part of societal change, but what are the best ways to include truth-telling in the Australian curriculum?

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Education

BMX teaches a valuable lesson: Success requires hard work and failure

BMX bike riding goes beyond physical fitness; enhancing mental health, social connectedness and personal growth

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Education

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Q&A

Q&A: How to talk to your kids about misogyny in school

It can be a challenging conversation, but parents must talk to their children about their experiences of sexism and misogyny in school

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Education

Australian teachers shouldn’t be afraid to teach Indigenous Knowledge

The Australian Curriculum’s deeper engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures is a matter of national importance

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Education

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Book extract

Australian universities must prioritise Indigenous engineers

Indigenous ingenuity has all the hallmarks that modern engineers strive for – and Australia universities must shift their higher education paradigm

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Health & Medicine

Three things schoolkids need to succeed

The keys to school readiness are hearing, vision and communication, and early intervention can make all the difference

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Education

Blind faith in Australia’s education ‘system’ is failing our kids

To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed

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Education

Do on-screen teachers help or hinder real-life recruitment?

The government’s ‘Be That Teacher’ campaign aims to help address Australia’s teacher shortages, but film and TV stereotypes tell a different story

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Business & Economics

Changing the cost of some uni degrees didn’t change students’ minds

New research finds that hikes in the cost of some university degrees had limited impact on students’ choices

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