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Catholics are the largest religious group in Australia. According to the 2011 Australian Census, Catholics made up just over a quarter (25.3 per cent) of the Australian population: there were […]
Catholic secondary colleges are part of the work of the Catholic Church and share in its mission of spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. They invite enrolling students and […]
What is it about a good Catholic secondary school when it really wins the hearts of its students? More particularly, what factors are at work when such a school can […]
Religious Education is one of the distinguishing features of the Catholic school and this has been so since the formation of Catholic schools in Australia. Much discussion of Religious Education […]
Never underestimate the power of one. There are many people in the world who stand up for their beliefs. One thing they have in common is a desire to be […]
L@nguage Ch@nge: the gr8 db8 (Language Change: the great debate) Cloud, virus, blackberry, tweet. What do these words mean to you? Not so long ago they had fairly narrow and specific […]
In Education there is still confusion, at all levels and across all countries, about why technology matters and there is a widespread reluctance to move away from tried and tested […]
The Australian Labor Government commenced the roll out of its $2.4 billion Digital Education Revolution (DER) in 2008, the centerpiece of the policy being the goal that each Year 9-12 […]
Our children have taken up technology in an amazing range of ways mostly positive, some negative. This sudden access to information and connectivity poses a number of challenges for us […]
What are you looking for in your child’s next school? Academic excellence? Co-curricular diversity? Tradition and strong Catholic values? Comprehensive circus training…? It may sound farfetched and even trivial, but […]
Education at all levels is a major, dynamic element in the life of any community in this nation. The energy and continuing effort the systems need are supported by enthusiastic […]
I recently visited Catholic universities across USA and found it interesting to compare their educational structure with Australia. A majority of the Catholic universities were small, often with only 6000 […]
