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CAREERS EDUCATION
Jobs preparation promise
TasLabor media release, 31 Jan 2021
Careers pathwaysLabor's Jobs Plan Working for Tasmanians includes career programs in schools and colleges, Opposition education spokesperson Josh Willie says.

 

CORONAVIRUS
Perth lockdown includes schools
ABC News, 31 Jan 2021
WAThe WA premier has announced that Perth and nearby regions will undergo a five-day lockdown due to a hotel quarantine worker having tested positive for the coronavirus.

 

HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
Anti-Semitism still a relevant issue
The Conversation (opinion by Jan Lanicek), 28 Jan 2021
Auschwitz (Image: The Conversation, Shutterstock)
More stories of the Holocaust are needed to assist in teaching about genocide and other human rights issues, a researcher says.

 

CIVICS EDUCATION
More democracy education, academics demand
The Conversation (opinion), 21 Jan 2021
Student protest (Image: Lucas Koch, AAP The Conversation)Young Australians are inadequately prepared to participate as citizens in a democracy, three academics say.

 

MEDIA LITERACY
Identifying misinformation
The Conversation (opinion by Mark Pearson), 18 Jan 2021
Donald Trump (Image: snopes.com, The Conversation)Basic journalism skills can help ordinary citizens avoid promoting alternative facts.

 

ARCHAEOLOGY
Oldest animal cave painting found
The Conversation (opinion), 14 Jan 2021
Pig cave painting (Image: Griffith University, The Conversation)
A painting of a pig in an Indonesian cave is believed to be 45,500 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

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