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What’s wrong with profit margins of Australia’s private VET providers?
Don Perlgut | August 26, 2016The private vocational education sector appears to sustain extraordinary profit margins of around 30 percent. CEO of Community Colleges Australia Dr Don Perlgut says it’s time to consider another way forward.
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A case for sustainable education
Rechelle Rozwadowski | August 2, 2016Our kids are exposed to an endless stream of media promoting beauty over substance, immediate reward over delayed gratification, self-promotion over self-control. Rechelle Rozwadowski, a teacher and mother herself, would love to see schools not only teaching content, but also nurturing virtues like cooperation, tolerance, compassion and kindness.
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Improve youth employment
editor | June 29, 2016The UN is observing World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016 with a special event on the theme of “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment.”
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Oh crap… we solved the skills crisis!
Greg Miller | May 18, 2016Let’s for a moment imagine a future where we finally manage to reverse the seemingly endless decline of STEM enrolments in Australia. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But the National Ambassador at Young ICT Explorers, Greg Miller, explains why this is not enough.
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A plan for Australia’s innovation education
Kate Sinclair | May 16, 2016Global Citizen Leaders (GCL) is an initiative to build innovative education and global relations for young people. As the founder of GCL, Kate Sinclair wants all students in all schools to be able to play their part as engaged and respected citizens.
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Re-inserting “community” into Australian Vocational Education and Training
Don Perlgut | May 11, 2016Leading up to the federal election in July, Australian vocational education (VET) has now entered the political debate. CEO of Community Colleges Australia, Dr Don Perlgut, argues that the most cost-effective VET policy initiative is to reinvigorate the community education providers and build on their capacity.
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The Third Wave of Edtech: Bringing the future of learning to today’s classes
Michael Jacobson | April 18, 2016The developments in education technology, or Edtech, seem quite sudden to many, but they have been around for a long time and have evolved over the years. Michael Jacobson believes we are now seeing the Third Wave of Edtech, and here he explains why this changes everything.
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Impressions of an American student in Australia
Bliss Zechman | April 7, 2016When Bliss Zechman left her small hometown outside Nashville to travel and study in Australia, she expected to learn a great deal. Here she tells us how she came to discover new things, not only about a different culture and way of living but also herself.
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Closing the gap: Success in higher education but still more work to be done
Andrew Vann | February 12, 2016The yearly Closing the Gap report tracks how the Australian Government addresses Indigenous disadvantage. Professor Andrew Vann, Vice-Chancellor of CSU, explains how his university aims to incorporate Indigenous culture and knowledge in its learning.
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Government needs to ensure Childcare Package boosts attendance of all children
Samantha Page | February 4, 2016Two reports released this week provide valuable information to assess the Government’s proposed Jobs for Families Childcare Package. Samantha Page, CEO of Early Childhood Australia, calls on the Federal Government to amend the Package Bill to ensure that all three and four year olds in Australia will be able to access early childhood education.
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To flip or not to flip: An innovation in education or an educational fad?
Michael Jacobson | January 28, 2016A flipped classroom means inverting the traditional teaching procedure – for example teacher’s lectures outside the classroom or homework done in class. But do students actually learn better that way? Michael Jacobson has some answers.
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Nurse education, the forgotten discipline
Vivienne Decleva | January 6, 2016Nurse education does not have the same level of recognition as other disciplines. Dr Vivienne Decleva wishes the nursing profession would recognise this specialised field more formally.