Bilingual Benefits – An interview with the Australian Education Reporter
EMMA DAVIES spoke with Finnish educator and author Pasi Sahlberg who has worked as school teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland and advised education reforms around the world about the importance of bilingualism. Originally published on 2 November 2018 on The Australia Education Reporter. Q. Why do you think recommendation 24 of Gonski 2.0 should be about learning a foreign language? There are 300…
read moreSchools are banning smartphones – here’s an argument for why they shouldn’t
“The time has come to ban cellphones in the classroom”. Wait, wait, but “A blanket ban on cellphones in class would not be smart”. These were the headlines of two op-eds published in Canadian daily newspapers in early September. This debate has already reached an international scale: Since 2012 most teenagers in rich countries have had access to smartphones. In Kerry, Ireland, one school has restricted children’s use…
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