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1 day ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Created by Joanne Villis, Director of Technology Enrichment at the all-girls South Australian school, the document is one she hopes will never need to be activated. Nevertheless, a ‘deepfake crisis response plan’ is something Villis says all school leaders should now consider as an essential part of their procedural toolkit if they want to minimise the harm and reputational risk that artifical content poses to individuals and schools alike.
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1 day ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Aptly termed the ‘sunk cost fallacy’, this sneaky cognitive bias drives many well-meaning school executives to continue investing in things long after all signs indicate they are ineffective. Dr Simon Breakspear is keen to highlight the psychological peculiarity, and says there’s more at stake for school leaders than wasted resources when it is allowed to drive decision-making.
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3 days ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Lamenting our chronically fragmented and underperforming education system, former teachers Dr Deidre Clary, Dr Kevin Donnelly and Dr Fiona Mueller have mounted a case for why ITE should not be left in the hands of universities.
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5 days ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Lamenting our chronically fragmented and underperforming education system, former teachers Dr Deidre Clary, Dr Kevin Donnelly and Dr Fiona Mueller have mounted a case for why ITE should not be left in the hands of universities. Their new policy paper calls for a ‘serious review about what has gone wrong’ in Australian schooling, and puts forward seven recommendations to address what they deem a failing system. Overhaul initial teacher educationMajor ITE reform is one.
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5 days ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Pop princess Addison Rae announced her much-anticipated debut Australian tour last week, playing extremely intimate venues in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Whilst fans are excited, snagging tickets has been no easy task, with many questioning the choice of venue sizing. Rae rose to fame on TikTok in 2019, where she was known for dancing. Her debut single “Obsessed” was released in 2021, and was critically slammed by multiple outlets.
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1 week ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
The AERO research project, which draws on data from 110,000 English as an additional language (EAL) students in NSW public schools over the course of nine years, found it took approximately 5 to 7 years for children to learn English from beginner levels. Researchers have said that until now, little was known about how long these students take to learn English in Australia, but the findings clearly indicate they need ongoing and targeted language support well beyond their initial schooling years.
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1 week ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Over two decades ago, The Beautiful Girls were the soundtrack to salt-sprayed road trips, lazy Sunday afternoons and sun-soaked summers along the Aussie coast. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of their second studio album We’re Already Gone, and The Beautiful Girls have hit the road to celebrate. I had the pleasure of catching up with lead singer Mat McHugh mid-tour to delve into the impact of this record and it’s significance today.
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1 week ago | 
educationhq.com | Sarah Duggan
Jason Lodge, Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Queensland (UQ), says he’s watched on with a degree of concern and bemusement as the seemingly urgent push for ‘AI literacy’ curriculum in schools rolls out. An enduring edtech cycleHe warns that teaching highly AI-specific skills is really a wasted effort, and that you only have to dwell on our blighted history with edtech to see why. “A lot of these things tend to go through a very similar cycle.
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2 weeks ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
Australia was introduced to Kisschasy in 2005, after the release of their debut record United Paper People, and the Aussie music scene was never quite the same again. The release of their sophomore album Hymns for the Nonbeliever had fans in a chokehold, and with two certified gold records under the belt, Kisschasy were on a roll. 2009 saw them release their third studio album, and things settled down for the group until they ultimately called it quits in 2015.
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2 weeks ago | 
theaureview.com | Sarah Duggan
As a genre, hardcore is having a serious moment right now. Bands like Turnstile and SPEED are pushing boundaries and bringing a raw intensity to global stages, shining a newfound spotlight on a genre that’s long thrived in the underground. With over twenty years in the game, Melbourne hardcore veterans Iron Mind have returned with their third studio album, Test Of The Iron Mind– a punchy, 22-minute offering that fuses their hardcore roots with shades of Aussie rock and metal.
