Mel Baak
melbaak.bsky.social
Mel Baak
@melbaak.bsky.social
ARC DECRA Fellow Enhancing belonging for African diaspora youth in Australian schools, refugee education, anti-racist education
Our collection of articles on 'Educative responses to and about the Palestine crisis' for the Point and Counterpoint section of Curriculum Perspectives available. Led by Eve Mayes, Fazal Rizvi and I with the introductory article
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Approaching educative responses to and about the Palestine crisis - Curriculum Perspectives
Curriculum Perspectives -
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December 8, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Reposted by Mel Baak
There is a risk of complicity the more senior you become. You can become part of exclusive networks, part of what’s problematic in education. What concretises inequalities. What perpetuates inequities.

There is a choice. You either benefit from complicity or you refuse to participate in it. 1/
November 29, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Reposted by Mel Baak
⭐ "Leo Puglisi, a 17-year-old Australian teenager who runs a news site, 6 News, that is staffed mostly by teens, said he had full confidence that his 14-year-old brother would easily find a way to circumvent any restriction." Onya, Leo #auspol www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/w...
Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16
The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
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November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM