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This post was originally published on the AARE Blog, EduResearch Matters. You can see the original here. Christopher Pyne leaves the position of Minister for Education and Training and becomes Minister for Industry Innovation and Science in the new Turnbull Government. Keith Heggart gives Pyne a school style report on his efforts as the nation’s…

And with a brief flurry and then a deafening silence, Tony Abbott has departed form the position of Prime Minister. At least, we think he has. Technically, I guess he remains PM until Turnbull signs on the dotted line, but that should be a formality. I say should, because nothing this government ever does is…

Join your union. Find your tribe. Don’t waste time with people who you don’t like or don’t understand. Find people who share your passions and interests. It’s easier to be yourself amongst people on the same journey as you. When you go to a restaurant, order something other than the chicken schnitzel. What’s the worst…

I like beer. I don’t drink much in the way of wine. I’ve got a few bottles of scotch lying around the house, and I’ve been known to dabble in a cocktail or too, but nine times out of ten, on a Friday night I’m going to go looking for a beer to drink. I’m…

So, come over and watch Netflix. We’ve all heard it, and all I can say I hope there’s more truth in the hidden meaning of that phrase than there is in any hope of actually watching the subscription service because, to be honest, there really isn’t that much that’s worth watching on the channel. Like…

So it’s that time of the year when one of our giant grocery supermarket chains is conducting something that they call ‘Earn and Learn’. I’m hardly the expert when it comes to grocery shopping – I’ll admit that – but there’s something that troubles me about this idea. Basically, as I understand it, parents of…

There has been a growing argument about the changing nature of citizenship in today’s western democracies. Of course, it would be foolish to try to categorise all the different ideas of citizenship into one idea – it would be more appropriate to talk about citizenships – but for the sake of this post, I’m going…

I love the central conceit of the Jurassic Park movies. Let’s face it – they are, after all, nothing more than an updated Frankenstein, with more teeth and blood to suit a more bloodthirsty (at least on the screen) audience. All the central elements are there: mankind, though the power of science and his own…

I follow a lot of educators on twitter, mainly because I think that it’s a great way to learn, to find resources, to stay up to date with theory and for lots of other reasons. Of course, you need to be able to sort the gold from the dross, but that’s probably true of every…

So, I’ve been kicking this idea around for a little while now, and in the absence of having anywhere better to post it, I’m going to put it here so I can refer to it later. I remember when I was young – and I hardly think that I was the only one who did…