I think I just made up a word – edu-politics – but maybe I didn’t . . . but it doesn’t seem to matter in the madness of the current election campaigns. … So much of this campaign (Australia, 2010) has highlighted the significant role that education plays for a society, and clearly the […]
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Currently, there is significant debate over the recent announcement by Victoria’s Shadow Education Minister, Martin Dixon, that a Coalition Government would enforce truancy laws and fine the parents of students who are absent from school over extended periods of time, or who are regularly absent. The application of these fines would occur where an unidentified […]
I am a futures educator. That means I am very interested in the ways that schools equip (or do not equip) students for unknown futures. We cannot assume that things will continue as they always have. As a futures educator, there are some basic themes which underpin all of the work I do with […]
Would you say your child’s education is important to you? It seems like a harmless enough enquiry and, when asked, what parent would not instantly agree that their child’s education is a priority? But when it comes to the sale of educational software, obvious questions like this can be significantly more dangerous […]
I’m chairing and presenting at this week’s PR and New Media Summit in Brisbane, and it’s got me thinking about the evolving nature of public relations. When I started my BA (Public Relations) at Deakin in 1985, the role of the mass media was of paramount importance to PR practitioners. Mainframe computers were starting to […]