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We can't see the war for the memorials: balancing education and commemoration

  • Written by Leah Riches, PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Sessional Academic, Monash University

One of the key vehicles for communicating the history of the first world war has been the classroom. But in this, the WWI centenary period, have the lines between education and commemoration been distorted?

In Australia the national fervour surrounding the Anzac centenary has made it easy to get lost in the “celebratory” nature of our...

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Teaching phonics skills alongside reading raises literacy achievement among Indigenous children

  • Written by Tom Nicholson, Professor of Literacy Education, Massey University
imageIndigenous children in Australia continue to slip below national minimum standards for literacy.Neda Vanovac/AAP

“Despite a long history of policy attention, no consistent improvement has been made in the literacy and numeracy achievement of Indigenous Australian primary school students.”

This is the latest finding from the 2016...

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There's a world of difference between sex and sexism in advertising

  • Written by Linda Brennan, Professor of Media and Communication, RMIT University
imageCollingwood president Eddie McGuire recently courted controversy with comments about journalist Caroline Wilson.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Advertising and sex are two of the oldest professions in the world. Indeed, one of the earliest uses of advertising was to advertise sexual services; prostitutes in Ancient Greece carved ads into the soles of their...

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Teenage pain often dismissed as 'growing pains', but it can impact their lives

  • Written by Christopher Williams, Research Fellow at Hunter Medical Research Institute, Hunter New England Local Health District, University of Newcastle
imageBetween a third and half of all adolescents aged 13 and over report back pain about every month or more often.from www.shutterstock.com.au

This is part of our series on kids' health. Read the other articles in our series here.


Most of us know someone who has “a bad back”. Research tells us up to 70% of people will experience back pain at...

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  2. There's a time to put down the smartphone, seriously!
  3. Turnbull presses premiers for quick action on post-sentencing regime for terrorism prisoners
  4. Wong wins foreign affairs in Shorten's new frontbench line up
  5. Censored Thoughts on the Fate of Turkish Democracy
  6. What animal could a democracy be? Ape, fox, lion ... how about jellyfish?
  7. Trump and the Ugliness of the Charm Defensive
  8. Plibersek moves to high profile education job in ALP reshuffle
  9. How Russian doping could lead to Rio 2016 ban
  10. Turkey’s almost coup and the need for perspective
  11. Shorten provides Kim Carr with life raft
  12. Government needs to get balance right in regulating agriculture
  13. Asia’s 'shoot-to-kill' republic? The rising body count of the Philippines’ 'war on drugs'
  14. Is the end of Zika nigh? How populations develop immunity
  15. How gross inequality and crushed hopes have fed the rise of Donald Trump
  16. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the frontbench reshuffles
  17. What we really need from innovation in Australia
  18. Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution
  19. How we lock accounts on The Conversation
  20. Five tips to get the government started on real health reform
  21. FactCheck Q A: has the Grand Mufti of Australia condemned terrorist attacks overseas?
  22. Friday essay: secrets of the Delphic Oracle and how it speaks to us today
  23. What Australia can learn from England's plan for vocational education
  24. Italians again migrate to Australia, but experience work exploitation
  25. Turnbull orders review of local threat from lone wolf extremists
  26. Inner-city bias: the suburbs need a fair go
  27. 'Slapped cheek' syndrome: a common rash in kids, more sinister in pregnant women
  28. New cancer treatment? Scientists have programmed bacteria to kill cancer cells in mice
  29. Apple is taking its first steps towards a more comprehensive post-PC world
  30. Science by stealth: secret missions of a visual science communicator
  31. Grattan on Friday: Time for Labor and Greens to find common ground with government on marriage plebiscite
  32. The Cold Logic of Doing Good
  33. Politics podcast: Jim Chalmers on Labor's approach to the economy
  34. Your guide to see five planets after sunset
  35. Australia ranks 20th on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  36. Xenophon and Katter's concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow
  37. Blood pressure targets – what does the new guideline say and how low should you go?
  38. Here's how to close the gap on Indigenous women smoking during pregnancy
  39. Politics serves as therapy when Trump takes the stage
  40. Smoothies as talismans: the allure of superfoods and the dangers of nutritional primitivism
  41. Why we need to hear what controversial people say and not silence the debate
  42. Grey dawn or the twilight years? Let’s talk about growing old
  43. A tale of five cities: applying foresight to shape their futures
  44. Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
  45. As life imitates art, how are we to read terror plots in film and TV?
  46. There are bright spots among the world’s coral reefs – the challenge is to learn from them
  47. How do we uncouple global development from resource use?
  48. Sleep problems that persist could affect children's emotional development
  49. Study of top business innovators shows more is needed than being tech savvy
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