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Education 2.0 (Age/SMH column)
Some readers may remember this blog post. Here’s an update from today’s Age/SMH column. IN 2010 the energetic and forward-looking (then) secretary of Victoria’s Education Department invited me to discuss educational innovation and Web 2.0 with senior departmental managers. We … Continue reading
Maths education: again
I have written a few posts about education. But I’d not seen this presentation by Conrad Wolfram – brother of someone who may be one of the intellectual giants of our time – Stephen. (Since Stephen is a good deal … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Education
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The future of tertiary education
I’m preparing to do a bit of whithering on tertiary education next week at a strategy retreat or some such for a university – and wanted to ask Troppodillians for any sources they think I should consult. I want to bang … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Education
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Spreadsheets in teaching maths – where are they?
About fifteen, perhaps twenty years ago I was talking to a good friend who is an academic in maths education. He was saying that Casio was interested in getting input into the educational potential of their graphical calculators. I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Education, IT and Internet
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Listen2Learners 1: Melbourne 11th October 2010
A couple of months ago I caught up for lunch with Peter Dawkins whom I’ve known since my time at the BCA – which is to say since 1997 when he was running the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. … Continue reading
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Statistics in school
I was listening to a podcast of a BBC interview with Ian “Supercrunchers” Ayres. Supercrunchers is a book which illustrates all the ways in which the ‘new econometrics’ or ‘social stats’ is revolutionising – well lets not get carried away … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Education
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