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The following letter was submitted to The Australian for possible publication on 4 April 2015 but it did not make it into print.
Irony in Kevin Donnelly's concerns about history textbooks
In his opinion piece in last weekend's edition, Kevin Donnelly complained that "Christianity is often misrepresented and undermined" in school history books currently on the market ("The school textbooks that gloss over jihad and leave Christianity smouldering at the stake", 28-29/3).
I'm not familiar with the history books he cited so I have no particular response to that.
There is, however, an element of irony in his comment as quite a few people who teach in schools and in teacher education around the country consider that Donnelly's articles often misrepresent and undermine the work that they do.
Garry Collins
President, Australian Association for the Teaching of English
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Author: Garry Collins, AATE President
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Tony Hytch presentsTony will present a session entitled "Getting students assessment ready for Essential English" at Pimlico State High School, Townsville on Saturday 2nd May, 2020. Teachers will explore teh possible options for assessment in Units 1 and 2. In particular how to develop an assessment program which best prepares students for the t... |
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2020 AATE/IFTE 'IF' ConferenceThe 2020 AATE / IFTE 'IF' Conference will be held in Sydney from 6 - 9 July 2020. The conference website is https://aateifte2020.org.au/ Promotional video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdDJCQONsUQ&feature=youtu.be ... |
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