The epidemic Australia is failing to control
Australia has been ranked among the best places in the world to be during the coronavirus pandemic and to move to after it is over, according to international media. This is not by chance but a result of a particular way of dealing with the most dangerous global health crisis of the century.The key theory of managing the coronavirus crisis is simple: go strong early on with prevention and insist on active testing, contact tracing…
read moreTeaching uncertainty
By Pasi Sahlberg & Saku Tuominen Many education systems aim to educate young people in how to flourish in an increasingly unpredictable world. Until early 2020 this goal remained an abstract idea without concrete examples in the real life. At best, students practiced creative thinking in imaginary exercises outside the school where the normal rules didn´t work anymore and new ideas were required to move on. At worst students…
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