| Job | Social Media and Visual Storytelling Editor @ The Conversation AUNZ |
| But also | Cartoonist and Illustrator |
| Here because | I miss a good Twitter-like platform |
| Pronouns | He/Him |
Australian #women now #work more in female-dominated jobs than they did 35 years ago! 💼
Occupational segregation persists in #Australia, and this comes at a big cost.
According to an economics expert, we need "a relatively even balance of females and males" in the #workforce if we want to hire the people who are going to be the best.
👩💻 This means we need to remove the barriers that allow it to happen.
#employment #hiring #gender #population #genderequality #office
#TodayinHistory 80 years ago, one of Hollywood's most beloved films, #Casablanca, was released! 🎬
A heady mix of #romance, cynicism, thrills and danger, the film went on to win three Academy Awards, and a long-lasting legacy.
🏆 Today, it's third on the American Film Institute’s 100 best movies of the last 100 years, and is one of the most referenced films of all time.
#cinema #film #history #movies #oscars #popculture #arts #culture #journalism #news
Despite knowing that a sweatshop is possibly behind a good #BlackFriday deal, why is demand still high for low-price mass-produced clothing? 🛍️
Motivated reasoning can explain how people convince themselves sweatshop labour is actually okay, as long as the #clothes are desirable.
🛒 According to #marketing experts, #ethical #shopping must be internally motivated – and resources like Oxfam's Naughty or Nice list can't work alone.
#Students, what if your #learning materials were customised to suit your strengths, needs and interests? 📚
⬆️ That's personalised learning, and it's currently being trialled in #Australia.
Under personalised learning, students would have a say in how + what they learn, and #teachers help them frame the #research questions and makes sure they are accessing relevant data.
But is it the "future" of school? Read more to find out: https://theconversation.com/personalised-learning-is-billed-as-the-future-of-schooling-what-is-it-and-could-it-work-194630
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