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Monday, 11 Jun 2018
CHARTING COURSE: what we're doing about social-emotional literacy
SBS's Testing Teachers documented the experiences of talented new teachers as they went into some of Australia’s most challenging classrooms. As viewers, we gained a unique insight into how a classroom...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
CHARTING COURSE: How do we intend to deal with bullying?
What is bullying exactly? But also, what isn't it? What are the distinctions between an argument, a disagreement, a one-off thoughtless or mean action—the type of conflict that arises in...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
CHARTING COURSE to changing behaviours and dealing with bullying
Trigger warning: This article talks about bullying and teenage suicide. Many of us were shocked by the recent death of 14 year old Amy Everett who played the role of...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
CHARTING COURSE to innovative learning
At the 2018 Queensland Adventist Schools conference, I felt great pride when I witnessed Brisbane Adventist College staff receiving four out of a possible eight Innovation Awards. This is quite something if...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
CHARTING COURSE to a bold faith
It wasn't until Year 12 at public school that I met my first committed Christian. I was in a new school, a new state, and a new subject (home economics)...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
CHARTING COURSE: the way we do things around here
People are saying that history will most remember the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, for the exemplary way in which he conducted himself. Eight years and not...
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Friday, 11 May 2018
Preparing for jobs of the future when you don't know what they are
With bitcoin a reality and driverless cars just around the corner, we’re facing an unpredictable future jobs landscape. In the career stakes, formal education is starting to look a bit...
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