ESH260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Australia Day, Australian Curriculum, Stuart Macintyre
9 Jun 2018
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Readings
---Why%kids%hate%Australian%history:%Interview%with%Dr%Anna%Clark
---Is%Australian%history%boring?
---Australia%Day,%Invasion%Day,%Survival%Day:%a%long%history%of%celebration%and%
contestation,Professor%Kate%Darian-Smith, The+Conversation,%26%January%2017
---Gilbert%&%Hoepper%(2014): Chapters%1%and%9%(6th%ed.%2017%same)
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Development+of+the+Australian+Curriculum:+History+(From+2006-)
---The%development%form%the%Australian%Curriculum:%History%has%a%background%that%
goes%back%to%the%1990s%and%early%2000s%in%what%was%known%as%the%History%Wars,%
which%started%in%north%America%debating%which%history%was%important
---Postmodernism-multiple%interpretations%of%history
A%postmodernism%approach%allows%multiple%interpretations%of%history%
---How%reliable%is%oral%history?%Is%it%only%valid%if%it%is%written?
---There%are%different%perspectives%of%the%past,%e.g.,%feminism,%disadvantaged,%or%the%
invasion/settlement%of%Australia.%
---John%Howard%believed%in%only%teaching%the%dates%and%facts%of%history
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The+'History+Wars'-Key+Players
---Keith%Windschuttle%was%very%important%in%the%History%Wars%in%Australia,%he%may%
have%even%kicked%it%off.%Published%'The%Fabrication%of%Aboriginal%History',%focused%on%
1803-1847%and%questioned%the%reliability%of%resources%and%record%of%massarar%of%
aboriginal%people,%argued%a%lot%of%the%historians.%
---Professor%Henry%Reynolds%published%'Why%Weren't%We%Told?'%(was%at%Utas)
---Professor%Stuart%Macintyre%published%'The%History%Wars'%(uni%of%Melbourne)
---Prime%Minister%John%Howard,%2006.%He%was%very%vocal%about%how%history%should%
be%taught
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Research+on+What+Kids+Think+About+Learning+History
---Dr%Anna%Clark%researched%what%children%thought%about%learning%history%then%
published%'History's%Children'
---Australian%kids%2006-2008;%182%kids,%32%high%schools%around%Australia;%didn’t%like%
the%way%history%was%taught;%boring,%irrelevant,%disconnected,%repetitive,%superficial;%
pet%hates%were%federation,%political%history,%indigenous%history,%Australian%history%in%
general;%liked%excursions,%museums,%critical% thinking,%being%challenged,%class%
discussions,%social%justice%issues,%indigenous%perspectives
---Development%of%Australian%Curriculum:%History%2009-2012,%Prof.%Stuart%Macintyre%
(chosen%to%be%chief%writer%of%curric)%and%Prof.%Tony%Taylor%(chief%adviser)
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Week$1-Why$Teach$History?
Wednesday,% 2%August%2017
12:09%am
Document Summary
--why kids hate australian history: interview with dr anna clark. --australia day, invasion day, survival day: a long history of celebration and contestation, professor kate darian-smith, the conversation, 26 january 2017. --gilbert & hoepper (2014): chapters 1 and 9 (6th ed. Development of the australian curriculum: history (from 2006-) --the development form the australian curriculum: history has a background that goes back to the 1990s and early 2000s in what was known as the history wars, which started in north america debating which history was important. A postmodernism approach allows multiple interpretations of history. --there are different perspectives of the past, e. g. , feminism, disadvantaged, or the invasion/settlement of australia. --john howard believed in only teaching the dates and facts of history. --keith windschuttle was very important in the history wars in australia, he may have even kicked it off. Published "the fabrication of aboriginal history", focused on.
