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America's New Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera has been announced as America's new poet laureate, and he is a fantastic choice. People talk about poetry's ability to communicate culture, and people, and place in a succinct way, and Herrera's work does that. His work often deals with the question of identity in a ...
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How To Develop Good Writing Skills
There are few academic skills more difficult and time-consuming to develop than learning to write a good essay. As every English teacher knows, there...
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Is there a plague of cheating in NSW high schools?
Is there a plague of cheating in NSW high schools? The SMH would have us think so with its report over the weekend, headlined "Cheating 'endemic' in...
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Techniquely Correct: The Opposite Of Personification
Welcome to Techniquely Correct, where we talk about the techniques that help you better analyse - and write your own - texts. This week we're talking...
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What's the deal with Adventure Time? A parents guide
Adventure Time is one of the most popular cartoons out there. But does it teach good lessons, or is it just the fast-food of the television world?
Dialogue and dinosaurs: A critical analysis of Jurassic Park
Fiach Smyth shares his critical analysis of one the scenes from Jurassic Park, and shows how you analyse dialogue in a film - something which a lot of students struggle with.
NAPLAN: To practise or not to practise, that is the question
Should you study for NAPLAN? Should children be cramming for what is a basic skills test? Can practice really help?
Surprisingly Educational Games: Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program, a game which has come out of two years of beta this week, is exciting gamers and educators alike with its engaging game play and realistic physics modelling.
What's the deal with Minecraft? A parents guide
A classic videogame by any metric, Minecraft has the added bonus of it being a constructive, thoughtful game suitable for all ages. Minecraft is essentially lego, allowing players …
A Solution to "Degrees of Deception": The obligation to international students
Jack Goodman suggests that Australia's universities need to ensure international students pass more rigorous pre-enrolment assessments, and that those students who do enrol need to…
YouTube is 10 years old. Here are 3 reasons why you should care
It was ten years ago that YouTube’s transparency, accessibility, and personalisation made you - customers, students, voters – more powerful.
An explanation to the maths problem that's stumping the world
Over the last couple of days this maths problem, posed to 14 year olds in Singapore, has been creating waves of confusion online. Our expert Maths tutor Viet offers an explanation …
Five lessons from the day Richie Benaud called
So much has been said during recent days about the life and legacy of Richie Benaud which offer valuable lessons for students of both cricket and life. Here are our top five.