Hobart educator's incredible real-world maritime insight

By Grant Quarry
Published July 17, 2018

A Tasmanian teacher has enjoyed the trip of a lifetime as part of the CSIRO's Educator on Board program.

Callum Hollingsworth, an outdoor education and VET maritime teacher at Rosny College, spent a week on board the marine research ship ...

This story appeared in the July 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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