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ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT
Many millions lived here long ago
The Conversation (opinion),
30 Apr 2021
The ancient land mass consisting of New Guinea,
the Australian mainland and Tasmania, which you probably were
unaware was called Sahul, contained a much larger population
than most people imagine, several researchers claim.
ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT
Early Indigenous routes mapped
The Conversation (opinion),
30 Apr 2021
Researchers have mapped the routes believed to have been followed by
Australia's earliest Indigenous people before the Tasmania and
New Guinea land links were lost.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Invasion allowed, tables delayed
The Conversation (opinion by
Stewart Riddle), 30 Apr 2021
Proposed changes to the Australian Curriculum unsurprisingly
allow for the British settlement of Australia to be referred to
as the "Invasion", but surprisingly postpone the
introduction of times tables to Year 4.
TASMANIAN ELECTION
What are the education policies?
29 Apr 2021
 Here are the
three major parties' education policies for this
Saturday's Tasmanian State election.
LIBERAL:
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Education and schools
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TAFE extra
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School lunches
LABOR:
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Education
GREENS:
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Ensuring quality public education
TASMANIAN ELECTION
Parties' election policies
29 Apr 2021
These are the main election policy pages of the three major
parties:
- Greens
- Labor
- Liberal
NUMERACY
Make early maths more engaging
The
Conversation (opinion by John Fischetti), 28 Apr 2021
 Skills learnt in maths lessons
have a lasting impact on students' lives, an academic says.
Tasmania is the only state where maths is compulsory at every
year level.
SEX EDUCATION
No consent from Feds over videos
ABC
News, 20 Apr 2021
Two consent education videos using
metaphors that few people understood have been withdrawn by
federal education authorities.
Consent videos bizarre and confusing,
The Conversation (opinion by Amanda Kiddie), 20 Apr 2021
Five good sex education videos, The
Conversation (opinion by Louise Moana Kolff), 22 Apr 2021
Using books and movies as sex education starting points,
The Conversation (opinion by Elizabeth Little), 26 Apr 2021
MEDIA LITERACY
Teach media literacy in schools
The
Conversation (opinion), 14 Apr 2021
 Four out of five
people say schools should be teaching media literacy to their
students, a survey shows.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Attach ADHD label with extreme care
The
Conversation (opinion by Luise Kazda), 13 Apr 2021
 Classifying borderline ADHD
cases as confirmed cases can do more harm than good,
particularly in the case of students who are among the youngest
in their class, a researcher says.
BULLYING
Recognise sexual bullying
The
Conversation (opinion by Barbara Spears), 12 Apr 2021
 Sexual bullying, particularly among girls, has often
been overlooked in the past. It needs to be specifically
identified and acted upon, a researcher says.
WEATHER ALERT
Damaging winds on way
BoM
website, 13 Apr 2021
 Winds gusting to in excess of 100 km/h across
Tasmania, apart from areas of the central north and north-west
coast,
are expected to commence tonight (Tuesday) and continue tomorrow.
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
The Mercury
website
WORLD NEWS
Duke of Edinburgh dies
ABC
News, 9 Apr 2021
 Prince Philip, the Duke of
Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99.
BBC
News website
THE CURRICULUM
Teach use of auto writing tools
The
Conversation (opinion), 9 Apr 2021
 Artificial intelligence writing
tools have a bad name for enabling students to cheat when they
should be composing their own essays, but an academic says there
are other purposes schools should teach students how to use them
for.
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