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Recognition of Prior Learning can cut your study time
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process used in Australia to evaluate an individual’s skills and knowledge acquired through formal, informal, and non-formal learning. RPL provides an opportunity for individuals to gain recognition for their skills and knowledge, which can be used to gain further education, employment, or career advancement.
The RPL process involves collecting evidence of an individual’s skills and knowledge, which is then assessed against the requirements of a qualification or competency standard. The evidence can be gathered from a range of sources, such as work experience, training courses, volunteer work, or personal projects.
The benefits of RPL are numerous. It allows individuals to gain recognition for their skills and knowledge, regardless of how they were acquired. This recognition can lead to better job opportunities, higher salaries, and career advancement. RPL can also help individuals identify areas where they may need to upskill or gain further…
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The 71 Most Amazing Innovations of All Time
Innovation is a critical component of human progress, driving economic growth, improving quality of life, and advancing social and environmental goals. It refers to the process of developing new ideas, products, services, and technologies that meet current and future needs and challenges.
This video from Bill Gates chronicles the 71 most amazing innovations of all time:
Here are some reasons why innovation is important to business:
- Economic growth: Innovation drives economic growth by creating new markets, increasing productivity, and generating new job opportunities.
- Competitiveness: Innovation helps organizations to stay competitive in the market by improving their products, services, and processes, making them more efficient, effective, and valuable to customers.
- Improved quality of life: Innovations in healthcare, transportation, education, and other areas have significantly improved the quality of life for people around the world, making them healthier, safer, and more connected.
- Environmental sustainability: Innovations in green technologies…
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Emotional Intelligence: What It Is and Why It Matters
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Teaching High School in China: Jiangdu
On my second trip to China, in 2003, I was teaching at Jiangdu High School in Jiangsu Province. It was here that I became aware of foreign predators preying on Chinese high school students, infanticide, the Chinese student army and the city's links to my home town of Goulburn. I was teaching English as part … Continue reading Teaching High School in China: Jiangdu
Teaching Aboriginal street kids in Rockhampton
Another learning experience I had was in 2001, teaching Aboriginal street kids in Rockhampton. I came to learn the problems these kids faced, and their genuine desire to overcome these problems. This was shortly after I had left Woorabinda Aboriginal Community, where I was running the TAFE at the local high school, and at the … Continue reading Teaching Aboriginal street kids in Rockhampton
China have just made our housing crisis worse
More than 40,000 Chinese university students could arrive in Australia in the next few weeks as a result of a Chinese government ban on online studying. The ban affects all students located in China who are studying university courses online through an Australian university. China have decreed that they will no longer recognise these online … Continue reading China have just made our housing crisis worse
Unemployed, miserable man still remembers teacher who first made him fall in love with writing
Explaining that she introduced him to the literature that made him the man he is today, 41-year-old Casey Sheard, an unemployed and fundamentally miserable person, confirmed to reporters Tuesday that he still fondly remembers the high school teacher who first inspired him to fall in love with writing. “Mrs. Merriman was the one who … Continue reading Unemployed, miserable man still remembers teacher who first made him fall in love with writing
English professor suddenly realises students will believe literally anything she says
Midway through her 9 a.m. Intro to American Literature course Thursday, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Professor Elizabeth Mabrey suddenly realised that her students would accept, without question, literally any words that came out of her mouth as absolute, incontrovertible fact, sources confirmed. “I could say that On the Road was an overt metaphor for the Vietnam … Continue reading English professor suddenly realises students will believe literally anything she says
Hong Kong signs up for Australian undergraduate study and internship plan
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has signed up the fourth and final destination, Hong Kong, for next year's trial of the government's New Colombo Plan, which will send Australian undergraduates into the region for study, internships and long-term diplomacy. "Australian students will benefit from the opportunity to study at Hong Kong's world-class institutions and the … Continue reading Hong Kong signs up for Australian undergraduate study and internship plan
Australia to offer more jobs to international graduates
Australian Education Minister Christopher Pyne has promised to open the jobs market to more overseas students who have graduated from Australian universities, as a means of rehabilitating the stagnant $14 billion international education industry. In his first speech on the industry since he was sworn in as minister, Mr Pyne said yesterday the Abbott government … Continue reading Australia to offer more jobs to international graduates
Australian Aboriginal school kids treated like rubbish
Walgett Community High and Moree East Public are the schools that bureaucracies forgot, in physically deplorable condition and battling the pathogen of low expectations from all quarters. By NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli's own admission, the schools have been failed from the top by hulking institutions run from Sydney that swept them out of sight, … Continue reading Australian Aboriginal school kids treated like rubbish
Bad teaching in Australian schools causes low literacy rates
In his 1955 book Why Johnny Can't Read, Rudolph Flesch explained that quality of instruction was the key to improving children's literacy. Almost 60 years later, children's names may have changed but the story remains the same. Billions of dollars have been spent in the past decade on programs aimed at improving literacy, yet thousands … Continue reading Bad teaching in Australian schools causes low literacy rates
English teaching in Australia fails the test
When Alice in Wonderland cried "curiouser and curiouser" she could have been describing what passes for English teaching in the national curriculum and official classroom resources. As Justine Ferrari reports, (High-school classes go for pop culture, Monday) students are now expected to "create an artwork from trash, play the logo quiz, study car and perfume … Continue reading English teaching in Australia fails the test
Australia risks losing specialist teachers in English, maths, history and other subjects
The focus on generic skills in Australia's new national curriculum risks breeding a profession of general-capabilities educators rather than teachers of specialist subjects such as history, English or maths. Former president of the national History Teachers Association Paul Kiem - who has written about school history in a collection of essays, Australian History Now, launched … Continue reading Australia risks losing specialist teachers in English, maths, history and other subjects
Australian government moves to protect international education industry
Australia's Labor government will create a top-level council to devise a new strategy to protect Australia's $15 billion international education industry from tough new competition overseas. The council would bring ministers and sector representatives together in a move in line with the recommendations of the Chaney report released in February, following complaints from the industry … Continue reading Australian government moves to protect international education industry
Chinese students find Australia’s capital city too quiet for study
The majority of Chinese do not consider Canberra as a study destination and those that do find it too quiet, ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has found. Ms Gallagher is in China, with University of Canberra vice-chancellor Stephen Parker and Australian National University vice-chancellor Ian Young, to promote Canberra as a tertiary education and business … Continue reading Chinese students find Australia’s capital city too quiet for study
Australia: New rules target bad teachers
Underperforming teachers could be identified and sacked with greater ease under new teacher quality reform measures NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli described as more in line with a ''private sector'' approach. The NSW government will also introduce paid teaching cadetships for high-achieving students and will give new teachers additional time out of the classroom to … Continue reading Australia: New rules target bad teachers
Australia most expensive country for international students
Australia has been ranked as the most expensive country for international students, but the falling Aussie dollar could spark a boom in new arrivals. Australia beat the US, Britain, Germany, Canada and Hong Kong as the most expensive destination for international students, costing an average $US38,000 ($41,500) a year in fees and living costs, according … Continue reading Australia most expensive country for international students
Australia needs to improve teacher quality
School pupils in Australia spend more time in the classroom under compulsory instruction than in any other country in the OECD, but it will do nothing to help Australia reach the goal of being in the top five performing countries by 2025. Neither will reducing class sizes, which is just a pointless waste of scarce … Continue reading Australia needs to improve teacher quality
Australia’s Federal Education Minister banned from schools by state government
Queensland has banned Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett from visiting two state schools as the row over the Gonski funding changes escalates. Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has expressed his concern to Mr Garrett that "schools are being used as political stages," adding that his Government does not "think this is good for either students … Continue reading Australia’s Federal Education Minister banned from schools by state government
Many Australian teachers find national literacy and numeracy plan too difficult to understand
Many teachers do not know how to use data provided by annual assessments of their pupils' literacy and numeracy ability, despite often criticising the tests themselves, a new report has found. The report, from the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee also said teachers need more training to help understand the basics of … Continue reading Many Australian teachers find national literacy and numeracy plan too difficult to understand
Australian universities lower entrance scores despite concerns over graduate standards
Universities are having to continue to lower entry scores to maintain expanding numbers, sparking warnings that school inequality is to blame as regional and poor students get left behind. Commonwealth student applications and offer data for this year also show that universities are continuing to recruit into teaching degrees a rising proportion of school leavers … Continue reading Australian universities lower entrance scores despite concerns over graduate standards
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