| I agree with George’s concerns. The intention of the New Zealand Curriculum objectives for History was surely to get people teaching some NZ history rather than twisting existing subject matter so that we can claim it is ‘relevant to New Zealanders’. The current situation means topics not about New Zealand could be horribly distorted and there will still be schools that get away with having no New Zealand content at all! How pointless. The Ministry needs to recognise that decontextualisation is a great way to marginalise essential knowledge about our own nation and the world beyond it. There ARE some things all History students should know at the end of their courses! By the way – thanks very much to the NZHTA executive for their work on the new standards. As frustrated as some of us may be with the new curriculum in general, our association is MILES ahead of others in consulting and informing its membership. Awesome job and I know History teachers all across the country do appreciate that.
From Concerns and suggestions – George Bowen, 2008/11/17 at 6:50 AM |
2008/11/17 | Approve | |
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