Education
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How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought
The answer for the kind of panicked flurry in reasoning may lie in a field of critical thinking called vice…
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COVID-19 has thrown year 12 students’ lives into chaos. So what can we do?
Reducing the breadth of material covered, as a system wide response, is a sensible option – either the detail in…
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Coronavirus: Remembering the value of school in a time of crisis
The 2010s saw a growing tendency to argue against the principle of mass compulsory schooling.
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Other countries are shutting schools – why does the Australian government say it’s safe to keep them open?
A big part of it is that there have been no documented outbreaks in schools that infected children have attended…
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Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal
We are witnessing a massive global social experiment with children and how they deal with this new way of learning.
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Schools provide food for many hungry children. This needs to continue when classes go online
Expanding a program that provides food supply packs to homes should be feasible with the level of funding committed by…
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Kids shouldn’t have to repeat a year of school because of coronavirus. There are much better options
Many students are likely to be behind, and some will be very far behind. If schools are closed for all…
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HSC will go ahead in spite of pressure to close schools
Effective immediately, principals or system authorities now have the power to make decisions about the number and weighting of HSC…
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OP-Ed: No, Australia is not putting teachers in the coronavirus firing line. Their risk is very low
Although the risk is small, teachers aged above 65 or who have a chronic condition, should consider not going to…
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Op-Ed: How to optimise online learning in the age of Coronavirus
Professor of Educational Psychology Andrew Martin offers a five-point guide for educators in the face of COVID-19. Due to the…
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