Category: Educating for change
A look at how schools around Australia are changing the world, in partnership with Oxfam.
How can students ‘take action’?
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You and your students are fired up about an issue — global poverty, Indigenous rights and equality, ethical fashion, the broken food system — whatever it is that’s got you going. But how do you translate that passion into action? Read more »
Can one student’s Instagram post change the world?
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In its second year, the Close the Gap Instagram competition received more than 140 entries from across the nation. And when you hear the stories of our winners, it’s clear the challenge is much more than mucking around on social media, or even being heard on issues of national importance. Read more »
Schools in action: Hornsby Girls High School
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Year Ten students from Hornsby Girls High School spent last year campaigning against the exploitation of the Bangladeshi workers who produce our clothes. The students created an awareness and fundraising initiative to support Oxfam with the brilliantly clever name ‘Don’t Sweat it’. Read more »
Oxfam’s Schools Program: meet Nick
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As part of Educating for Change, we want you to get to know us better. Nick Chester is a recent University of Melbourne graduate with a passion for sustainability. He’s one of many volunteers who made a massive difference to the Schools Program last year as the Schools Program Officer. Read more »
10 photos that rocked last year’s Close the Gap student photo challenge
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Instagram may have a reputation as a breeding ground for selfies and photos of brunch, but in March there’s a reason to put those filters to good use. This year’s Student Photo Challenge is running from March 16-20. More details are available in the National Close the Gap Day How to Guide. Read more »
Schools in Action: Lyndhurst Secondary College’s epic Hunger Banquet
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Can you believe that in 2015, 1 in 9 people still go to bed hungry every night? So as part of Eat Local Feed Global almost a hundred schools around the nation set out to understand what is causing global hunger and experience a lunch they’d never forget. We popped in to Lyndhurst Secondary College in Victoria, whose ‘Food Glorious Food’ Year 9 classes ran two banquets. Read more »
Three schools who love National Close the Gap Day
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Check out just some of the incredible schools from across Australia who participated in National Close the Gap Day 2014. Read more »
Back to school, back into action.
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Welcome to Educating for Change, Oxfam’s brand new Schools Program blog. You might remember us as Educators shaping change. Sorry it’s been so long. We’ve taken some time off for soul-searching, had a little work done, and we’re back better than ever. Read more »
Constitutional Recognition of the First Australians – fixing our incomplete national story
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Our Constitution is missing a crucial part of the Australian story – there’s not one mention of the tens of thousands of years of history of the First Australians, nor the unique contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to make today. In fact, whilst there are parts that mention lighthouses, beacons, buoys […] Read more »
6 reasons why Twitter is a teacher’s BFF
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Twitter. It was the last thing I wanted to spend my time on. I already used Facebook so why would I need another social media platform to eat up my spare time and contribute to my procrastination regime? If you are an educator interested in active citizenship, global perspectives, development education, English, Geography, SOSE, HSIE, […] Read more »
