Coalition: History syllabus too political

[Bomberboyokay]

What a piece of s**t the government had doing reviews for them.

Liberal Party has a lot of racists and sexists though.

 

[Play by Numbers]

There's no scientific reason to use less energy. It's a purely political event, nothing to do with science whatsoever.

By all means teach kids the mechanisms by which climate change occurs. But teaching them that the only solution is to reduce energy consumption is pure propaganda.

wut

I am shocked to be reading this.

There are dozens of reasons to lower energy consumption, be that costs pressures, as many forms of energy are finite and developed society depends on cheap energy, to associated environmental damage, caused by energy extraction, to pollution.

Look at the health issues faced by the chinese, or threat oscilating oil prices could pose to the global economy, greater energy efficiency and therefore lower use, is critically important, until we can find a low cost, low impact form of renewable energy

 

[Play by Numbers]

It appears the overarching policy rationale for the gaggle of buffoons running this country is "If it hurts those we hate,implement it."

It's crazy, I was skeptical about the carbon tax and many of the previous governments energy initiatives, the thing was they worked too well.

Renewable uptake placed downward pressure on use, the investment body into renewables was cost positive, the carbon tax caused a dip in emissions greater than expected. This is why the libs have dismantled things, it was actually working and thus threatened to shakeup the energy or mining industry

 

[scon]

Looks that way Play by
Our Tone's not called the Mad Monk for nothing;it costs the betrayal of public welfare.

 

[Riseupaustralia]

The good professor, is not only a little mad, but he wants ALL of this to go away...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-21/professor-barry-spurr-injunction-new-matilda-emails/5831204

New Matilda editor Chris Graham said Professor Spurr's legal team was also fighting to have the emails returned, the articles deleted and the source of the leak revealed.

See professor, if you didn't write vile, horrific and disgusting shyte about all manners of people, whilst using your principal university email account, you wouldn't be in this position in the first place.

Good luck with exposing the source btw, you s**t.

 

[Play by Numbers]

This shouldn't really surprise, but review board stacked with liberal toadies, returns report in line with liberal political message. Who would have thunk it.

This kind of third party rubber stamping, surely precludes the party and supporters from criticisng gonski which was a hurculean task.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...perts-links-to-coalition-20141022-119x24.html

Questions over curriculum experts' links to Coalition

The subject experts appointed to the Abbott government's national curriculum review included several figures with close Coalition links who were chosen without any scrutiny from education officials.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...perts-links-to-coalition-20141022-119x24.html

 

[The Coup]

The country really didn't have much to talk about until world war 1

Being the first country in the post industrial world to have trade unions demanding an 8 hour work day might be considered important.

 

[mottrain]

Being the first country in the post industrial world to have trade unions demanding an 8 hour work day might be considered important.

So might the negative influence unions have had.

 

[Roylion]

Being the first country in the post industrial world to have trade unions demanding an 8 hour work day might be considered important.

Yeah. 14-16 year olds just love learning about that stuff.

 

[swingdog]

Second country in the world to give women the vote?

It's actually the stuff we take for granted - workplace protections, equality of sexes, handling mass migration after WW2 - that Australians never seem to value.

Much better to learn about a lost battle in Turkey.

 

[Pessimistic]

So might the negative influence unions have had.

You can say that about any organization. Dont need to look far for an example.

But arent you practising black armband history ? Nothing more anglo than trade unions

Btw without fixed working hours there probably wouldnt be a professional AFL, everyone too busy working to attend

 

[Lester Burnham]

wut

I am shocked to be reading this.

There are dozens of reasons to lower energy consumption, be that costs pressures, as many forms of energy are finite and developed society depends on cheap energy, to associated environmental damage, caused by energy extraction, to pollution.

Look at the health issues faced by the chinese, or threat oscilating oil prices could pose to the global economy, greater energy efficiency and therefore lower use, is critically important, until we can find a low cost, low impact form of renewable energy

Very muddled thinking.

It is the availability of cheap sources of energy that improves the lives of people, especially those who have had no access to reliable, electricity. Energy consumption will continue to rise. The market will take care of the price.

 

[Play by Numbers]

Very muddled thinking.

It is the availability of cheap sources of energy that improves the lives of people, especially those who have had no access to reliable, electricity. Energy consumption will continue to rise. The market will take care of the price.

Firstly, cheap energy can and has, until it doesn't. Which is the point.

Finding new sources of cheap energy, and ways of adapting to scarcity is important.

As for your free market voodoo, there is no such thing. See China's tax on imported coal. However, lowering demand can also place downward pressure on prices in the long term //

 

[Pessimistic]

Some things are in abundance on earth . Take iron for example, the damn things nearly all iron.

Its the balance of things which is important. Its very delicate. Looka t the other planets we have observed. Dont have the delicate balance we have and are just rocks or chemical clowds.

If it becomes clear that something we do which is avoidable upsets the balance, wouldnt you do something about it ?

 

[The Coup]

Yeah. 14-16 year olds just love learning about that stuff.

Who cares what they like?

Learning is tailored to personal taste since when? don't get me wrong, finger painting was fun as * but I wouldn't want to be doing it in year 12 no matter how much I thought history was boring

Knowing the FACT that Australia is one of the top three socialist revolutionary hotspots on earth is more important than anything to do with Robert Menzies, for example.

 

[Roylion]

Who cares what they like?.

I do, seeing I'm teaching them. History should be engaging and skill based. My selection of material is based on those two principles.

Learning is tailored to personal taste since when? .

If it's not externally assessed, then I can teach what I like. And making history accessible and interesting to students will always be the priority.

don't get me wrong, finger painting was fun as **** but I wouldn't want to be doing it in year 12 no matter how much I thought history was boring

If you thought history was boring by Year 12, you most likely wouldn't be studying it all.

Knowing the FACT that Australia is one of the top three socialist revolutionary hotspots on earth is more important than anything to do with Robert Menzies, for example.

That's a matter of opinion. And it's my opinion that most 14-16 year olds (having taught quite a few of them in my time) find it as boring as batshit.

 

[The Coup]

I do, seeing I'm teaching them. History should be engaging and skill based. My selection of material is based on those two principles.

See that's an issue for me.

I can't see any reasonable explanation for why every single Australian child shouldn't be taught about our revolutionary socialist past, it is literally the reason for our high standard of living today and the fact those kids can even go to school.

Shouldn't they know why they're there?

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[John]

I hate to say it but to the vast majority of students the head chopping antics of Tudors, as an example, beats both Australia's revolutionary socialist past AND its Christian Judeao culture.

 

[Belnakor]

Liberal Party has a lot of racists and sexists though.

So does the Labor party..

 

[Pessimistic]

Who cares what they like?

Learning is tailored to personal taste since when? don't get me wrong, finger painting was fun as **** but I wouldn't want to be doing it in year 12 no matter how much I thought history was boring

Knowing the FACT that Australia is one of the top three socialist revolutionary hotspots on earth is more important than anything to do with Robert Menzies, for example.

Thats one aspect. The other is the angst about curriculums and counter curriculums which get bogged down in the history wars, as if the political opponents are going to turn the country into raging right or left, when quite often schoolkids are not engaged. These reviews are very wasteful and repeately ignore more urgent issues. Like dealing with learning issues

 

[The Coup]

I hate to say it but to the vast majority of students the head chopping antics of Tudors, as an example, beats both Australia's revolutionary socialist past AND its Christian Judeao culture.

There's no such thing as Judeo Christian culture.

Politicians playing the race card say "Judeo Christian" when they want to say "white people of all shapes and sizes"

 

[JD11]

Knowing the FACT that Australia is one of the top three socialist revolutionary hotspots on earth

Wtf? Yeah kids really need these important FACTs.

My life was better before I knew this "FACT"... And that's a FACT.

 

[scon]

Another successful foray into the world of right wing revisionist nepotism:Professor Barry Spurr resigns from University of Sydney after email leaks.DOUBLE THUMBS UP TONE!

 

[Maggie5]

Another successful foray into the world of right wing revisionist nepotism:Professor Barry Spurr resigns from University of Sydney after email leaks.DOUBLE THUMBS UP TONE!

A big thumbs up to the 'minor' press New Mathilda.
Note to Murdoch: This is a scoop/worthy news story!

 

[scon]

A big thumbs up to the 'minor' press New Mathilda.
Note to Murdoch: This is a scoop/worthy news story!

Yeah agree entirely.
Gutsy stuff to publish knowing the level of entitled nastiness evident in the character who penned them,and who his backers were.