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We've all heard the nature versus nurture debate played out in various forms in the past, but could there be a new twist? Is the enviro...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:53 AM

  In a recent post ( here ) that was motivated by ' Alice for the iPad ' I concluded: It remains to be seen if developers can creat...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:03 PM

One of Australia's finest writers, Ruth Park, has died aged 93 years. She was born in New Zealand in 1917 and moved to Sydney to marry ...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:07 AM

Global trends in education policy I’ve recently returned from a trip to Europe where I had the chance to read British newspapers most days. ...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:22 PM

This is the second time I've written a post on toys - toys that teach, challenge, stimulate and encourage creativity and learning.  I sh...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:35 PM

I did a post on children's picture books for Christmas in 2008 as part of my 'Key Themes in Literature' series ( here ), which ...

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