Striking for their lives: Climate activists in the classroom
Issue: Semester 2 2022
Mercurius Goldstein offers some reflections on why our students have become activists for the fight against climate change. He explains…
Local Schools, Local Decisions – A Lost Decade
Issue: Semester 2 2022
Maurie Mulheron gives us all an insight into the effects that Local Schools, Local Decisions has had on education in…
Understanding the Uluru Statement: Taking the invitation to the people through the classrooms
Issue: Semester 1 2022
Thomas Mayor explains why teachers should be aware of the significance of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and outlines…
Sam Lewis: A biography
Issue: Semester 1 2022
Maurie Mulheron gives us all an insight into the life of the man behind the NSW Teachers Federation’s annual Sam Lewis Peace Prize. Maurie argues that Sam Lewis’ influence, both within the Federation and the wider union movement, was extraordinary and is still evident in the Federation today.
Conviction Politics: How convicts shaped Australian democracy and the labour movement
Issue: Semester 1 2022
Associate Professor Tony Moore (Monash University) and Dr Mike Davis (Griffith University) give us an insight into the international digital history project ‘Conviction Politics’ (located in the Monash Arts School of Media, Film and Journalism). This project is researching the story of radicals and rebels who were transported to Australia as political prisoners and how they, and the many ordinary convicts who resisted the exploitation of their unfree labour, played an integral part in creating Australian democracy and our unionism.
This exciting new online resource for teachers, which melds well with many of the NSW syllabuses, will bring Australian history to life!
Show an Affirming Flame: A Message to the Profession
Issue: Semester 2 2015
Paul Brock looks at the past and to the future and provides a profound message for all public educators… “Any…
Should We be Worried about Google Classroom? The Pedagogy of Platforms in Education
Issue: Semester 2 2021
Kalervo Gulson, Carlo Perrotta, Ben Williamson and Kevin Witzenberger reveal how Google Classroom works behind your screen… As we write…
Choice, Illusion and Access to Higher Education: What K-12 Teachers Should Know
Issue: Semester 2 2021
Sally Patfield explains how teachers can support their students in light of new inequalities across the higher education sector ……
The North Wind: A Critical Perspective on the Purposes of Education
Issue: Semester 2 2021
Steen Nepper Larsen argues that successful education teaches how to take a small step to the side and ask questions, bravely, insistently, and without hesitation.
Schooling For A Fair Go: Reflections On Leadership For School Change
Issue: Semester 1 2021
Greg Turnbull and Melissa Clarke were directly involved in working with the teachers at Grassland Public School as part of…