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Elena Mujkic

Elena Mujkic completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours at The University of Melbourne with majors in Italian and Linguistics as well as a Diploma of Language in French. During her honours year, Elena undertook research on the grammar of an indigenous language of the Northern Territory's northwest. Elena taught English and French at Warrnambool College on Victoria's southwest coast and now teaches in Katherine in the Northern Territory.

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Calling on resilience or answering to adversity?

By Elena Mujkic

I have been a teacher for four years now: two years in the Teach for Australia program in country Victoria, and two years in…

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The Warmth of the Northern Territory

By Elena Mujkic

The first time I visited the Territory, I was welcomed with open arms by a crew of young people reigning from the tropical Top…

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English as a fourth language
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English as a fourth language

By Elena Mujkic

“Dat one dere cheese, Miss!” These were the words of one of my Aboriginal students in French class, holding up a flash card with…

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Beyond TFA: an international perspective on disadvantage

By Elena Mujkic

After my two years teaching in regional Victoria with the Teach For Australia program, I had the opportunity to take on the final six…

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Joining the dots

By Elena Mujkic

This post comes in four tenuously linked parts. You could think of it like a terribly thought out collection of short stories, or a…

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Teacher-student relationships: mindful authenticity

By Elena Mujkic

As a new teacher navigates the enigmatic challenges that the profession throws up, it’s not so much that the goal posts shift, it’s that…

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Reasons I became a teacher

By Elena Mujkic

I have been lucky to hear Dave Faulkner from Education Changemakers speak twice in the past few weeks. Dave’s business card says that he…

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When reality sinks in

By Elena Mujkic

Education has held my hand my whole life. My parents, both university-educated, moved to Australia from Yugoslavia with their young children, on the basis…

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