curriculum

Demand will be higher for people skills than STEM

Two recent reports have challenged the rhetoric around the importance of STEM skills in the digital economy, by revealing that…

6 years ago

Religious classes in schools must adapt to fit changing Australia

Religious instruction in school continues to trigger controversy with impassioned arguments on both sides. The author suggest the classes must…

7 years ago

How teaching philosophy could help combat extremism

Young people today are constantly at risk of indoctrination – whether deliberate or inadvertent. This can be by advertisers, politicians,…

7 years ago

Should we delay second language classes until late primary?

It’s often thought that it is better to start learning a second language at a young age. But research shows…

7 years ago

Which languages should children be learning to get ahead?

There are 7,099 known languages in the world today. Choosing which of these to teach our children as a second…

7 years ago

Planning external learning curriculum

External learning used to mean things like swimming lessons at the local pool. Every week, we walked two abreast (holding…

7 years ago

Maths still on the nose for kids: report

The push to encourage more students towards maths is not working, according to a report released by the Australian Institute…

7 years ago

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