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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 […]
Issues of social justice often grab the media headlines, but also operate on the most mundane and innocuous levels of society. I was reminded of this recently when a pamphlet […]
Caritas Australia is the Catholic Agency for international aid and development working in over 35 countries and territories around the world. In 2008/09, over $25million was spent overseas and domestically, […]
Programs directed at addressing social and emotional learning help adolescents to improve classroom behaviour, become more engaged in the learning process and to perform better academically. The educating community, taken […]
Boys and girls can do well in any setting – the most important factor in student success is home influence. Emmanuel College provides the options of a co-educational and boys’ […]
As the debate persists, all three models continue to thrive in different settings and there is now a recognition of the value each contributes to schooling. Single sex or co-ed? […]
