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Schools need modern environment, curriculum: expert

Schools must innovate and transform to match the needs of 21st-century learners, Dr Heidi Hayes Jacobs, president of Curriculum Designers Inc. argues. Hayes Jacobs, an internationally recognised expert in curriculum mapping, told a masterclass audience at the recent EduTECH conference ...

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Greek student numbers could explode

Officials hope there will be an explosion of students learning classical Greek once there's a curriculum for primary and high schools. The curriculum authority is now working on how students could learn Hindi, Turkish, Auslan (sign language), classical Greek and ...

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Muslim body denies Qld embezzlement claim

The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) has denied trying to embezzle thousands from its Brisbane college after allegations made by its former principal. Dr Mubarak Noor has reportedly filed a police complaint accusing a senior AFIC official and board ...

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Breaking education’s taboos

If the incitement of debate on controversial topics was the goal of the Edu Tech conference taking place in Brisbane this week, then its organisers must have been thrilled with the presentation of MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte. Addressing ...

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Classroom collaboration and the digital space

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important for the modern classroom particularly when it comes to improving productivity and effectiveness through technology, a roundtable discussion heard yesterday at a conference in Brisbane. Matthew O’Brien, head of strategic planning at Brisbane Boys College ...

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Embracing digital tools for a new world

Educators need to harness to power of digital tools to better support teaching, learning and leadership in schools. That’s according to Eric Sheninger, senior fellow at the International Center for Leadership in Education, who spoke to educators from all across ...

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Starting the assessment revolution

A senior Harvard academic has issued educators at all levels of the education system as well as students and their parents a call to action to effect what he argues is a long overdue revolution in assessment and examination models. ...

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