That, I suspect, is part of the problem behind the story in today’s Australian — Students do badly in study of civics. I really don’t think results would have been much better fifty years ago when I was fifteen.
STUDENTS’ knowledge of Australia’s system of government is lower than expected, with only one in three Year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Australian history’
18 Feb
For many kids Civics is arid, deadly dull and is thus hard to teach
14 Feb
The bushfire and the Australian imagination
There is a good article in today’s Australian by Simon Caterson: Living with the embers.
IT would be hard to overestimate the strength of the hold that bushfire has over our physical environment and over the Australian imagination. When in 1988 a series of ceremonial bonfires was lit during the Australian bicentenary celebrations, historian Geoffrey Blainey [...]
13 Feb
13 February 2008
Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of
this land, the oldest continuing
cultures in human history.
We reflect on their past mistreatment.
We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in [...]
4 Feb
Great resource for Journeys and multicultural education
Last night I watched Who Do You Think You Are? on SBS.
Go there not just for that one, but for the others in this currently ongoing series.
Naturally, too, I commend Inspiring Teachers which begins on Wednesday 6 February, 2008 at 8pm.
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