Critical Reflections for How to Make New National History Curriculum from History Class

This paper deals with the political and educational background to the formation of the Australian national history curriculum first under the auspices of a newly-formed National Curriculum Board (2008-2009) and then under the auspices of the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2008-date) during the period 2008-2010. The author describes and analyses the political and educational circumstances that have led to interventions in the curriculum design process that may well vitiate the original intentions of the curriculum designers. The process of curriculum design began in 2008 with the formation of a professionally-based History Advisory Group of which the author was a member (2008-2012). The author outlines the activities and contribution of the History Advisory Group and its sometimes fraught relations with the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. The author argues that these interventions which have been both political and educational, together with the well-intentioned process of consultation has led to unfortunate design changes and to politically-motivated delays in curriculum implementation which could lead to its being overturned by a successor conservative coalition government.

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BIOGRAFI SITI MANGGOPOH SEBAGAI SUMBER KEARIFAN LOKAL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SEJARAH (Studi Kasus Pada Siswa MAN Koto Kecil Kabupaten Agam Propinsi Sumatera Barat)

Marwah Jurnal Perempuan Agama dan Jender ◽

10.24014/marwah.v10i1.482 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Desi Hilda Sari

Keyword(s):

Role Model ◽

Local History ◽

National History ◽

History Teachers ◽

Curriculum History ◽

Teaching History ◽

The People ◽

History Class ◽

West Sumatra

The background of this study is there is no local history in history subject which is taugh at the MAN Koto Kecil.The source of data are the head of madrasah, curriculum, history teachers, students, and the people who take the policy related to education in Agam District, West Sumatra Province. The result of the research indicates that the teaching of history subject at MAN Koto Kecil still focuses on the national history.The implemantation of teaching history with local history contents starts when this research conducted and the history teachers committe to teach it for the next history class. Teaching local history by using biography of Siti Manggopoh makes students interest to seek information more deeply about Siti Manggopoh and made her struggle’s values as a role model, so that, it forms the local wisdom in students themselves. The class’ atmosphere more motivates and it can improve student motivation.The obstacles in teaching local history by using Siti Manggopoh’s biography are adequate facility, limitation of local history sources and time, and also the skill of teacher in integrating the local history into national history.

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Representing Australia's Involvement in the First World War

Journal of Educational Media Memory and Society ◽

10.3167/jemms.2014.060101 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Heather Sharp

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

First World War ◽

World War ◽

National History ◽

History Curriculum ◽

The First World War ◽

Static View ◽

First World

This article investigates discrepancies between narratives of national independence in public discourses surrounding the First World War and narratives of loyalty in school textbooks in Queensland, Australia. Five textbooks commonly used in schools from 1916 to 1936 are analyzed in order to ascertain how the First World War was represented to pupils via the history curriculum. This article argues that, although public discourses were in a state of flux, and often viewed Australia as a country that was becoming increasingly independent of its colonial ruler Great Britain, textbooks that maintained a static view continued to look to Great Britain as a context in which to teach national history to school pupils.

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