Right Now’s August 2014 Issue, Education
In August, Right Now took an in-depth look at education and human rights. Read our education issue here.
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Emerging from the cave
Like Plato’s prisoner in the cave, kids at school are often disengaged with the world around them. Claire Feain shares her experiences with equipping Australian youth with the tools to become active citizens so they can emerge out the cave with their eyes open.
Higher education and lower-end journalism: human rights in the media in August
Christopher Pyne’s higher education reform package and Tim Blair’s flash visit to Lakemba were two issues that sparked much media debate around rights and discrimination during August.
Sentimental Education: How literature can inform human rights
Tim Robertson looks at how literature crafts human rights education in Australia’s education system.
Rewriting Human Rights Education Through Social Media
Marta Skrabracz explores the use of social media in human rights education.
Can prisoners receive quality education without access to the internet?
In spite of its potential for learning and education, internet access in Australian correctional facilities is overwhelmingly limited and variable across Australian states. Madolyn Smith explains why.
Back to school
Alice Pung returns to Braybook, the suburb in Melbourne’s West where she grew up, to explore how youth education can break the cyclic nature of poverty and disadvantage.
The 757 million people also affected by Australia’s 2014-15 Budget
For whom else does the bell toll? Madolyn Smith asks how the Abbott/Hockey Budget will affect the 757 million people living in extreme poverty in the Asia Pacific.
Living Indigenous Languages
At the time of European settlement, around 250 Indigenous languages were spoken in Australia. Just 200 years later, it is estimated only 20 are widely spoken. Allison Worrall investigates the role of education in maintaining and revitalising Indigenous languages.
Passing the buck on international students
The Australian Government and education providers make a nice profit from international students, but fail to protect them from being exploited in the workplace, writes Alexandra Hurley.