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Why water flows down: how young students create new music

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imageCan all young children – or only prodigies – compose music? Nick Oliver, CC BY-ND

I am a music educator. In facilitating students’ creative music making, I encourage an exploration of real-world contextual frameworks, often issues being explored in the classroom program.

On asking six-year-olds why water flows down a mountain, one...

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The off-topic Conversation #45

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Interest rates should fall no further: RBA Shadow Board

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imageThe current policy of low interest rates should end within the next six months, says the RBA Shadow Board.AAP/Dan Himbrechts

The CAMA RBA Shadow Board is a project by the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, based at the ANU, which asks industry and academic economists what interest rate the Reserve Bank of Australia should set. Timo Henckel...

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