Schools are a fundamental pillar of our society; they have a duty to ensure the perspectives of Australia’s First Nations are core to the curriculum, not a side note in history or an elective option. The announcement on Thursday by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority – that the nation’s students should be taught about the colonial invasion of this continent – is a proposal that has been a long time coming.
We should not underestimate the fact that the nation’s students are already engaged in these conversations, and about the rightful place of First Nations people. This and the next generations of young Australians are prepared to do what past generations failed to do; they are willing to respectfully engage in difficult dialogues about the truth of our past. This is the reckoning we have been waiting for.
And our education systems cannot be separated from the realities of what exists beyond the school gates. Students are actively engaged in community conversations that disrupt the status quo. They are marching in the streets for Black Lives Matter; they are showing up to demand climate justice – with the understanding that this challenge cannot be divorced from the knowledge of this continent’s First Nations. Today’s students know this land, sky and sea belongs to the First Nations.
History, but from whose perspective? A lithograph depicting the arrival of the Endeavour, titled Captain Cook’s Landing at Botany Bay in 1770.The ACARA cross-curriculum priority proposal aims to elevate the importance of “truth-telling” and also seeks to replace the terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with First Nations or Australian First Peoples.
teelareid I feel I should add that... I poo poo my pants, several times a day. That is all. Don't listen to anything else I talk about.
closethegapOZ teelareid What next: a Frontier Wars exhibition in the AWMemorial ? WHEN WILL THESE WOKE LATTE-SIPPING LEFTIES GIVE IT A REST?
teelareid It is important that students have a complete view of the history and impact on indigenous Australian. The Government also needs to develop vision for their place in our society and what we can do to support them. Give students ideals, solutions and a way forward, not guilt
teelareid Invasion that is now acceptable, is that it Every f**king nation on this earth has been invaded so WTF is new?
teelareid Can we all just move on , the British could complain about being taken over by the romans and Vikings it goes on and on . Why not try to make changes for the better moving forward
teelareid Focus on literacy and numeracy that's the future.
teelareid Black armband history with a disproportionate focus on minority groups.
teelareid white guilt.
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