Create footprints worth following
Emma McDonald interviews AIME program manager Nada Aldobasic about Indigenous education in Australia.
Education – Page 4
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.
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.
Friday chat: Steven Freeland
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp chats to Professor Steven Freeland about Space Law and human rights education.
Friday chat: Mike Smith
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp interviews Mike Smith, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and current Executive Director of UNCTED about life, terrorism and human rights education.
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.
Education is The Key, But to Whose Door?
Henrietta de Crespigny reflects on the relevance of education in boosting international development.
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.
Spoons and other travel necessities
Leona Hameed delves into the thorny and hidden issue of forced marriage in Australia.