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Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking?

  • Written by: Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking?Critical thinkers make the quality of their thinking an object of study, always looking for ways to improve.from shutterstock.com

Few people doubt the value of developing students’ thinking skills. A 2013 survey in the United States found 93% of employers believe a candidate’s

demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate...

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Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about it

  • Written by: Dr Patrick Scolyer-Gray, Research Fellow, Cyber Security, Deakin University
Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about itA national digital ID system would hold huge amounts of personal information.Shutterstock

The Australian government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has spent more than A$200 million over the past five years developing a National Digital ID platform. If successful, the project could streamline commerce, resolve bureaucratic quagmires,...

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Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains

  • Written by: Rowan Nicholson, Associate Lecturer and Co-director of the Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney
Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains

Should we remember January 26 1788 as “Invasion Day”?

The colonisation of Australia was an invasion from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective.

But critics of the name “Invasion Day” object that it emphasises just one side of the story – that from a European perspective the British merely...

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How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacher

  • Written by: Ellen Heyting, PhD student in Education and Head of Years 11 and 12, Monash University
How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacherYear 7 students at the International School of Helsinki, Finland, doing a sustainable development exercise with the author (top left) and fellow teacher Rachael Thrash.Katja Lehtonen, Author provided

It started as a New Year’s resolution driven by guilt and a touch of sibling rivalry – but by the end of the year, it taught me valuable...

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  1. 29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year
  2. 10½ commandments of writing
  3. How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn't in brain size, but blood flow
  4. The Wuhan coronavirus is now in Australia – here's what you need to know
  5. Donald Trump builds barriers to peace and prosperity
  6. What we learn from a fish that can change sex in just 10 days
  7. David Williamson's new uncomfortable, confronting play
  8. White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out
  9. Out of control, contained, safe? Here's what each bushfire status actually means
  10. Australia's bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it
  11. this grandmother tree connects me to Country. I cried when I saw her burned
  12. Why we need strong ethical standards for ministers – and better ways of enforcing them
  13. The link between antibiotics and obesity in children doesn't mean you need to avoid antibiotics
  14. high-rise families rely on child-friendly neighbourhoods
  15. to prevent students cheating with AI text-generators, we should bring them into the classroom
  16. climate-linked financial crises loom, but the fix isn't up to central banks
  17. How to help your kids with homework (without doing it for them)
  18. Bridget McKenzie has made herself a sitting duck
  19. a witty imagining of what went before that fateful encounter
  20. Should we be worried about the new Wuhan coronavirus?
  21. Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in
  22. Can Tennis Australia honour Margaret Court and promote LGBT+ inclusivity at the same time?
  23. Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here's how Australian owners could cash in
  24. Sport can be an important part of Aboriginal culture for women – but many barriers remain
  25. Australia's special dependency on volunteers to battle bushfires
  26. how unis have supported students after a crisis
  27. the public art teacher who brought the Blue Poles to Australia
  28. Scott Morrison orders probe into whether Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial code
  29. Can’t do what you need to do in a public toilet? You’re not alone – and there's help
  30. Does social media make us more or less lonely? Depends on how you use it
  31. As Earth's population heads to 10 billion, does anything Australians do on climate change matter?
  32. Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner
  33. The science backs Harry and Meghan turning in their royal privilege. Fame and fortune aren't the keys to happiness
  34. Scientists hate to say 'I told you so'. But Australia, you were warned
  35. We found the world's oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw
  36. even hustlers need side hustles in the gig economy
  37. Juries need to be told how they're allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials
  38. Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world
  39. I’m taking antibiotics – how do I know I've been prescribed the right ones?
  40. New year, new strategy? Unheralded change to budget targets creates space for stimulus
  41. Australia needs more engineers. And more of them need to be women
  42. It's hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS – and the problems don't stop there
  43. Many of our plants and animals have adapted to fires, but now the fires are changing
  44. how schools can help students cope after the bushfires
  45. Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires -- but we must not give up
  46. Preventing suicide in nursing homes is possible. Here are 3 things we can do to make a start
  47. You think this is a witch hunt, Mr President? That's an insult to the women who suffered
  48. Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes
  49. Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date
  50. Prisoner numbers in Australia have decreased, but we're not really sure why yet

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