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Hradsky, Danielle – History of Education, 2022
Contemporary Australian curricula require teachers to promote reconciliation through the teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages. Engaging with First Nations knowledges and histories in education comes with a very complex and historically layered legacy. This paper examines the role of education in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Conflict Resolution, Indigenous Populations
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Sharp, Heather – History of Education, 2012
As in many countries, such as Germany, Turkey, the United States and Japan the history/culture wars of the past two decades have increased public interest in what is taught in schools. This has resulted in rigorous debates in the general community, encouraged and sustained through regular media coverage. Partly as a response to this, History has…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Cultural Pluralism, News Reporting, Foreign Countries
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Leinster-Mackay, Donald – History of Education, 1990
Analyzes the party politics of religious education within the London School Board in the 1890s. Concentrates on the parliamentary struggle between two London School Board members: Edward Stanley (Progressive Party) and Joseph Diggle (Conservative Party) over the role of religion in education. Includes reactions of the Australian public to the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries