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Science : this new syllabus is so last century
Imagine asking a five year old to name basic body parts. That kid’s known an eye from an …
Is the NAPLAN results delay about politics or precision?
The decision announced yesterday by ACARA to delay the release of preliminary NAPLAN data is perplexing. The justification …
The insidious way the new curriculum undermines democracy
The public’s mind is focused upon politics in the final week of a bruising election campaign. The language …
The truth: what our students really learn about Anzac Day
Students taught “hatred” of the nation (even the PM thinks so). Teachers are duds. That’s the backdrop for …
Why a good consent curriculum is about much more than yes please. Here’s what we need to do now
If, like me, you weren’t glued to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee proceedings recently, you might …
Will the curriculum really embrace the true spirit of Anzac?
Q and A with Anna Clark, author of Making Australian History The “wokeness” of Australia’s National Curriculum has again made headlines and again it is more electioneering. On Friday a Nine newspapers headline claimed the revised version of National Curriculum will elevate Western and Christian heritage. Crikey picked up on the Sydney Morning Herald headline …
Alan Tudge’s understanding of our history deserves a fail
The Federal Minister for Education Alan Tudge says the draft History and Civics and Citizenship curriculum is not …
It’s anarchy in England. Australia’s ITE must now steer clear.
The announcement of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review (QITER) and publication of the expert group’s discussion paper reminded some in the initial teacher education (ITE) and research communities of the continuing influence of England on Australian education policy as well as this country’s own unique history of a hundred and one damnations in teacher …
Decodable or predictable: why reading curriculum developers must seize one
Despite the promise to ‘improve clarity’, ‘declutter’, and remove ‘ambiguous’ content, the new draft curriculum has left teachers …
Why appeasing Latham won’t make our students any more remarkable
Are our schools making the kids we think we should? The tussle between politics and education continues and Latham is just the blunt end of what is now the assumed modus operandi of school policy in Australia. Many readers of this blog no doubt will have noticed a fair amount of public educational discussion about NSW’s …