Australian Students Would Learn About Invasion of First Nations Peoples Under Proposed Curriculum Changes
Advocates say the changes, now open for public consultation, would lead to “justice and healing.”
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Australia would make lessons about the history of European invasion on First Nations People compulsory for all school students under proposed curriculum changes, the nation’s independent Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) revealed.
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First Nations kids could learn about the impacts of colonisation and invasion in their classrooms for the first time under proposed changes to the national schooling curriculum.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released draft changes to a broad range of subjects in the national curriculum including English, Science, Math, and the Humanities.
The changes stem from a review by an ACARA Indigenous advisory group which found “outdated” ideas did not reflect calls for truth-telling and inclusive language, including broadening terminology to include First Nations Australians as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
The review called for greater recognition of the connection to Country, land and seas and the impact of colonisation, dispossession, with the refresh comparing and examining existing curricula in New Zealand, British Columbia, Singapore, and Finland.