As I said in Part 1, the crux of the event was pre-recorded videos and a Discord server. Today’s post discusses several other elements that ensured it ran smoothly, and also takes a step back to consider what went well with the event and how things might’ve run better. First up, the other elements that made […] … learn more→

School bullying is a huge and distressing problem. In 2015, 43% of Australian year 8 students experienced bullying each month. A 2022 Mission Australia survey of Australians between 15 and 19 found 47% were “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about bullying. The picture is similar overseas. In 2020, the World Health Organization reported one in three students around the world aged 11-15 […] … learn more→

Career advancement can be a long and challenging process that involves transitioning from Career advancemententry-level jobs to leadership roles with greater responsibilities. Finding opportunities to progress in your career journey can provide job satisfaction and personal fulfilment. It is important to identify the best ways to develop new skills and advance your career successfully. Depending on […] … learn more→

Don’t say ‘just don’t go online’ because adults wouldn’t do that if something happened in the real world. If you got followed home, it’s not like [they would say]: “Hey, stop leaving the house.” Help the person understand that it wasn’t their fault and try to help them through it – be a shoulder to […] … learn more→

When parents separate or divorce, it is very often the mother who obtains custody of the child, accompanied by occasional visits to the father. However, over the past twenty years, another system has gradually gained momentum in Europe: joint custody, in which the child resides alternately, and more or less equally, with each of his parents. According to […] … learn more→

Despite what we’re often taught to believe, daydreaming can be immensely useful. Not only can it be a source of pleasure and a way to relieve boredom, research shows that our ability to mentally escape the present can also boost creativity, problem-solving and planning, and provide an antidote to loneliness. Daydreaming, when defined as thoughts that aren’t […] … learn more→

When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was “ethnocentric” and thought his race was “superior,” he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person who held such a view. “Let me finish …” the teacher is seen telling his students on a now-viral video as […] … learn more→

International students are flooding back to Australian universities. Some predictions say 2023 could even see record numbers of overseas students in the country. This is not only good news for universities, but potentially good news for Australian employers. Part of the Albanese government’s plan to boost skills in Australia is to try and ensure more students stay […] … learn more→

Learning can be interpreted as the process in which our central nervous system is modified to internalize and adhere to knowledge. This process is acquired and carried out from very early stages of development until the individual dies . That is, from embryonic development to death, the human being does not stop learning. From the perspective of developmental psychology, […] … learn more→

Democrats are killing and eating children. Vaccines contain Satan’s DNA. Canada has a new queen who is really an extraterrestrial with special powers. It’s difficult for many people to understand how anyone could believe such wild conspiracy theories. But in my view as a philosopher who studies the imagination, the key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line […] … learn more→