Ideally it works, but too often itâs a disaster
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April 9, 2021 â 12.02am
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UNIVERSITIES
Ideally it works, but too often itâs a disaster
As someone who was active in off-campus teaching for some 30 of a 50-year career in higher education, and with awards and media coverage for my innovations, I am nevertheless concerned at proposals such as the use of pre-recorded lectures combined with a weekly or fortnightly seminar. This strategy can work where lecture equivalents are updated, seminar sizes are limited to 30 or so well-prepared students, and they take place in purpose-designed classrooms with movable seating to allow for break-out groups.
Many of us have made the same mistakes as Eddie McGuire
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February 10, 2021 10.00pm
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McGUIRE RESIGNATION
The way Eddie McGuire reacted to the Collingwood racism review report should have been an “ah-ha” moment to Australia. Because this is the way we have been handling racism for years. McGuire was just doing what we all have done. I honestly feel the club and McGuire are probably sincere about trying to deal with it but have truly not understood the reality of “walking in other’s shoes”. This is a great challenge for all of us.
Recognising the hurt and pain of our First Peoples
January 23, 2021 12.21am
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AUSTRALIA DAY
Recognising the hurt and pain of our First Peoples
It was probably hard for Scott Morrison’s convict ancestor, who was transported for stealing yarn, and other British convicts (The Age, 22/1). However, it is the height of irony for a man of such power and status to compare this to the dispossession, cruelty and loss of life, family structure and culture experienced by Indigenous people in Australia which has resulted in well-documented intergenerational trauma.
Lack of preparation blamed for aged care virus deaths
Lack of preparation blamed for aged care virus deaths
December 23, 2020 10.00pm
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AGED CARE
Lack of preparation blamed for virus deaths
The federal government failed to prepare the aged-care sector for the pandemic. In Victoria, 655 (82 per cent) of the 801 people who died during the second wave were residents in private aged care homes. The Prime Minister, Health Minister and the regulator need to explain to all of us exactly how this heart-breaking tragedy – which many of us predicted – occurred on their watch.