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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Kidman, Associate Professor, Science Education, Monash University Inquiry-based learning emphasises a student’s role in the learning process and asks them to engage with an idea or topic in an active way, rather than by sitting and listening to a teacher. The overall goal of an inquiry-based ... <a title="Explainer: what is inquiry-based learning and how does it help prepare children for the real world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/explainer-what-is-inquiry-based-learning-and-how-does-it-help-prepare-children-for-the-real-world-115299/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is inquiry-based learning and how does it help prepare children for the real world?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deo Prasad, Scientia Professor and CEO, Co-operative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living, UNSW Too often it takes a crisis to trigger changes in legislation and behaviour, when forward thinking, cooperation and future planning could have negated the risk in the first place. Australia’s building and construction ... <a title="Don’t forget our future climate when tightening up building codes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/dont-forget-our-future-climate-when-tightening-up-building-codes-113365/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t forget our future climate when tightening up building codes">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hill, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Southern Cross University The history of popular music is littered with stories of internal feuds and external relationships that drive cracks in bands or tear them apart. The Beatles, Metallica, the Stones, Oasis – the list is long. These fights ... <a title="Why artistic differences in a band can be a good thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/why-artistic-differences-in-a-band-can-be-a-good-thing-110711/" aria-label="Read more about Why artistic differences in a band can be a good thing">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling We are but a few weeks from a federal election, and the way the wind is blowing may depend on what state you’re in. Trust Me, I’m An Expert – along with Politics with Michelle Grattan – is bringing you state-focused ... <a title="‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/labor-will-win-this-election-i-think-thats-virtually-unquestionable-political-scientist-andy-marks-on-ausvotes2019-and-the-key-issues-in-nsw-116273/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Labor will win this election. I think that’s virtually unquestionable’: political scientist Andy Marks on #AusVotes2019 and the key issues in NSW">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annah Piggott-McKellar, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland The original Fijian village of Vunidogoloa is abandoned. Houses, now dilapidated, remain overgrown with vegetation. Remnants of an old seawall built to protect the village is a stark reminder of what climate change can do to a community’s home. ... <a title="Climate change forced these Fijian communities to move – and with 80 more at risk, here’s what they learned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/climate-change-forced-these-fijian-communities-to-move-and-with-80-more-at-risk-heres-what-they-learned-116178/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change forced these Fijian communities to move – and with 80 more at risk, here’s what they learned">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Sainsbury, Senior Lecturer Composition, Australian National University Indigenous composers have been around for a long time, with Deborah Cheetham and myself working in composition for some 30 years, Troy Russell for 25 years, and William Barton for 20 years, amongst quite a few others. Many more ... <a title="It’s time to properly acknowledge – and celebrate – Indigenous composers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/its-time-to-properly-acknowledge-and-celebrate-indigenous-composers-115839/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to properly acknowledge – and celebrate – Indigenous composers">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael (Mike) Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington A recent update on the state of New Zealand’s environment paints a particularly bleak picture about the loss of native ecosystems and the plants and animals within them. Almost two-thirds of rare ... <a title="Despite its green image, NZ has world’s highest proportion of species at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/despite-its-green-image-nz-has-worlds-highest-proportion-of-species-at-risk-116063/" aria-label="Read more about Despite its green image, NZ has world’s highest proportion of species at risk">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland One of the great things about science is that, when you start to observe a new object in space, you can never be sure quite what you’ll find. We received a fantastic reminder of this during observations designed to ... <a title="How we found a white dwarf – a stellar corpse – by accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/how-we-found-a-white-dwarf-a-stellar-corpse-by-accident-114089/" aria-label="Read more about How we found a white dwarf – a stellar corpse – by accident">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabien B. Vincent, Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University Sjögren’s syndrome hit the headlines when US tennis player Venus Williams declared she was suffering from it. What is Sjögren’s syndrome? How do you pronounce it anyway? And is there a cure? What ... <a title="Explainer: what is Sjögren’s syndrome, the condition Venus Williams lives with?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/explainer-what-is-sjogrens-syndrome-the-condition-venus-williams-lives-with-111250/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is Sjögren’s syndrome, the condition Venus Williams lives with?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate in Criminal Law, Deakin University In the past few years, most parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland have introduced new legislation making it a crime to engage in what’s known as “coercive control” towards an intimate partner. Yet, with the exception of ... <a title="It’s time ‘coercive control’ was made illegal in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/its-time-coercive-control-was-made-illegal-in-australia-114817/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time ‘coercive control’ was made illegal in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merja Myllylahti, Co-Director JMAD research center, Auckland University of Technology This week New Zealand’s largest newspaper, the NZ Herald, launched digital subscriptions for its online content, making history at the same time. Its paywall is the first for a general newspaper in New Zealand. Back in 2011, ... <a title="How the decision to paywall NZ’s largest newspaper will affect other media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/how-the-decision-to-paywall-nzs-largest-newspaper-will-affect-other-media-116152/" aria-label="Read more about How the decision to paywall NZ’s largest newspaper will affect other media">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History , UNSW With taxes, health care and climate change emerging as key issues in the upcoming federal election, we’re running a series this week looking at the main issues that swung elections in the past, from agricultural workers’ wages to the ... <a title="Issues that swung elections: the ‘credit squeeze’ that nearly swept Menzies from power in 1961" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/issues-that-swung-elections-the-credit-squeeze-that-nearly-swept-menzies-from-power-in-1961-115140/" aria-label="Read more about Issues that swung elections: the ‘credit squeeze’ that nearly swept Menzies from power in 1961">Read more</a>
