Catherine Marciniak

Stefanie Lawrence uses a personal approach to investigate topics of conflict and peace in her combined Year 3/4 primary school class. With parental approval, she has introduced an innovative, personal growth program in which the students' experiences are often the basis for exploring global concerns. She strongly believes that if we are taught the skills to resolve conflict when we are young, we will have a better chance of living in a peaceful society...

A documentary series looking at teachers from seven countries around the world. Globalisation of information, new technologies, the changing nature of our life and work...these are factors forcing education everywhere to face a period of reassessment. Some see it as a crisis, but others see it as a challenge. The seven teachers in this series meet the challenge head-on. They each combine an innovative approach with critically relevant lesson content...

Barrister and human rights advocate Geoffrey Robertson QC believes that it is nurture not nature that shapes our moral integrity, but does his family history support his theory? Fifth generation Australian Geoffrey has lived in London for decades, but he remains proudly Australian. He traces his Scottish ancestors"”early mountain cattlemen who were the first of the self-made Robertsons in Australia"”as well as another part of his family, surrounded...

Japan's society is changing"”increasing numbers of foreigners want to live and work in this country, which has a strong monoculture. Therefore tolerance of other nationalities has become an important issue, and in order to foster international understanding, third grade primary teacher Shigeto Honda has developed an unusual package of lessons in which his students learn about different cultures, specifically their cuisine. Shigeto thinks that 'International...

Media personality and publisher Ita Buttrose discovers determination and drive may be hereditary as she puts her journalistic skills to the test to trace her global family. She knows of a relation named William Butters who sailed from Scotland to Adelaide but not how the family name changed from Butters to Buttrose. Following her maternal side, Ita discovers she has a strong Jewish connection, including a chief rabbi, in her family. She traces her...

Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Taking us to all corners of Australia and the globe are six stories of individuals seeking to find the definitive answer to where they came from. Along the way secrets are uncovered and histories are revealed-from adultery and madness to children born out of wedlock and even the whiff of a right royal scandal-with each individual...

The story continues for the children of The life series, now they are three, as they reveal what it takes to give a child the best chance at life. Over two episodes Life at 3 measures our group of children against the latest scientific findings on two of the hottest topics in child development, obesity and bad behaviour. The life series is made in conjunction with a long-term study, Growing up in Australia, in which 10,000 children have been placed...

Drawing on the latest scientific research on childhood behaviour, shows how the ordinary and the most challenging hurdles of life can affect a child's behaviour and what they need to learn to control it.

The first instalment in a landmark series that will follow 11 babies and their families for seven years to discover what it takes to give a child the best chance at life. How, and in what way are Australian children unique?