Education Conversation articles
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2022 Conversation articles
December 9, 2022
Marnee Shay, Jodie Miller, Martin Mills, School of Education
November 9, 2022
Marnee Shay, Danielle Armour, Jodie Miller, Suraiya Abdul Hameed, School of Education
August 24, 2022
Kelly E Matthews, Jason M Lodge, School of Education and colleagues
April 7, 2022
Garth Stahl, School of Education
March 14, 2022
How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?
Ren Perkins and Marnee Shay, School of Education
January 20, 2022
Elizabeth Edwards, School of Education and colleagues
2021 Conversation articles
October 20, 2021
Preeti Vayada, School of Education
October 18, 2021
Elizabeth J Edwards, School of Education
September 28, 2021
Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
Luke Zaphir, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry; Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
2020 Conversation articles
December 5, 2020
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
November 10, 2020
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
October 13, 2020
The budget has more money for school programs for Indigenous boys than girls
Beth Madsen, Marnee Shay and Sue Creagh, School of Education
2019 Conversation articles
August 14, 2019
Marnee Shay, School of Education and other colleagues
June 5, 2019
Climate sceptic or climate denier? It's not that simple and here's why
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
March 27, 2019
We asked five experts: should Australia lower the voting age to 16?
Louise Phillips, School of Education
2018 Conversation articles
December 10, 2018
We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
October 11, 2018
Why block subjects might not be best for university student learning
Jason Lodge, School of Education
June 14, 2018
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education
Marnee Shay, School of Education and other colleagues
June 8, 2018
How flexischools could help close the gap in Indigenous education.
Marnee Shay, School of Education
June 8, 2018
Science in film: from the meaning of time to the marvels of fungi
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
February 22, 2018
The Winter Olympics reminds us of the value of learning a second language
Simone Smala, School of Education
February 7, 2018
How to use critical thinking to spot false climate claims
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
2017 Conversation articles
September 11, 2017
Giving voice to the young: survey shows people want under-18s involved in politics
Louise Phillips, School of Education
August 17, 2017
When it comes to same sex marriage not all views deserve respect
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
August 4, 2017
How do you know that what you know is true? That’s epistemology
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
July 11, 2017
How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond)
Louise Phillips, School of Education with research colleague
June 13, 2017
Film festival reveals the passion, emotion and disappointment that can come with science
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
April 18, 2017
Facts are not always more important than opinions: here’s why
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
January 31, 2017
Shallow impact: when crackpot conspiracy theories are touted as news, we all lose
Peter Ellerton, School of Education/Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
2016 Conversation articles
December 14, 2016
NAPLAN results: moving beyond our obsession with numbers
Ian Hardy, School of Education
December 6, 2016
Bob Lingard, School of Education and other colleauges