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Australia s school curriculum: what are the proposed changes, and what s the fuss about invasion ?

Australia’s school curriculum: what are the proposed changes, and what’s the fuss about ‘invasion’? Naaman Zhou © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: davidf/Getty Images On Thursday, the body in charge of reviewing what Australian students are taught released hundreds of pages of proposed changes to the curriculum. Among the many suggestions, the education minister, Alan Tudge, singled out for criticism the references to Australia’s colonisation by the British and the use of the word “invasion”. © Photograph: davidf/Getty Images The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released its proposed revisions to the curriculum after a review of the core knowledge and skills taught from kinder to year 10.

Australia s school curriculum: what are the proposed changes, and what s the fuss about invasion ?

Australia s school curriculum: what are the proposed changes, and what s the fuss about invasion ?
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Another example : colonial perspective taught in mainstream curriculum

An Indigenous social media commentator has tweeted an image of her child’s Year 11 history classwork, where a role-playing activity puts colonial pastoralists and Aboriginal people in conflict in a sensitive scenario.    In the worksheet, the information suggested a hypothetical situation where pastoralists fire their rifles in the air to scare off thirty Aboriginal people near the water . The scenario follows another wfter the Aboriginal people have chased off convicts and killed livestock that belonged to the pastoralists.  Munanjahli, Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman, Dr Chelsea Watego tweeted the worksheet last week, in an image and caption after her daughter came home to tell her what had gone on at school.  

What did you learn about First Nation s history at school?

If you think back to your school days, what did you learn about Australian history? Many want more of our First Nations history taught in school, and that s a view held by the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition. The volunteer-run organisation is running a campaign called Learn Our Truth saying that all young people deserve to be taught about our Indigenous histories.   PRODUCER: Sam Emery

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