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<blockquote data-quote="thejesusfish90" data-source="post: 31967958"><p>In my mind the WAP was a relic of the rampant Xenophobia and fear of 'asian invasion' perpetuated by the politicians of Federation to encourage a national union- unfortunately there are many out there who wish the policy had remained in place, regardless of the countless positive contributions people of different nationalities have made to this nation (Victor Chang anyone?)... Currently I've heard alot about people wanting to set a limit to the percentage of certain nationalities (namely Islamic) allowed into Australia... Personally I don't see the logic in it, as a country of immigrants, who on earth has the right to say what culture is acceptable and unacceptable and how much of each culture should be allowed... obviously Australia needs to set a limit to the overall number of immigrants allowed into the country to make sure we don't overburden our resources, but we shouldn't reach a point where we stop allowing one culture in and continue to allow another culture we deem more 'compatible' or 'acceptable' to our countries identity, whatever that is... honestly sometimes I worry about the direction this country is taking... I feel as though our society was so much more tolerant 7 years ago (prior to 9/11) than it is today...</p><p> </p><p>I can understand why the NSW education system teaches history in its current fashion... they are operating on the premise that History can and should be taught from a neutral standpoint and that students should be free to make up their own value judgements surrounding history- the only judgements and evaluation students are encouraged to form are those which relate to purely historical ideas rather than moral issues- Ie evaluate the significance of the Whitlam Dismissal, or Evaluate the importance of personalities to the move towards federation... I believe though there is a point at which teachers need to disuade students from certain value judgements (Ie judgements which promote racism, bigotry-- the Aboriginal Massacres were justified, Stolen Generation was a good idea, etc), as such attitudes are destructive to the fabric of Australian society as we know it... the fact that there is such a focus on negativity in Australia's early history in the History course, has led heaps of people to criticise the course as left-wing propaganda and too 'black armband' orientated (remember John Howards Comment: "Mao Tse Tung would be happy with the NSW history syllabus")- I think its interesting that the actual break down of the syllabus content itself could be considered moral positioning...</p><p> </p><p>My biggest beef with the Year 9-10 history syllabus was the fact that the course actually went out of its way to disallow any consideration of world history and the place of Australia's history in the wider global context.. not only does it prevent a student from gaining a complete understanding of our own history, but it also promotes an insular mentality and because of the complete lack of historical drama in Australia, makes students think that history is boring...</p><p> </p><p>In Christ,</p><p> </p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thejesusfish90, post: 31967958"] In my mind the WAP was a relic of the rampant Xenophobia and fear of 'asian invasion' perpetuated by the politicians of Federation to encourage a national union- unfortunately there are many out there who wish the policy had remained in place, regardless of the countless positive contributions people of different nationalities have made to this nation (Victor Chang anyone?)... Currently I've heard alot about people wanting to set a limit to the percentage of certain nationalities (namely Islamic) allowed into Australia... Personally I don't see the logic in it, as a country of immigrants, who on earth has the right to say what culture is acceptable and unacceptable and how much of each culture should be allowed... obviously Australia needs to set a limit to the overall number of immigrants allowed into the country to make sure we don't overburden our resources, but we shouldn't reach a point where we stop allowing one culture in and continue to allow another culture we deem more 'compatible' or 'acceptable' to our countries identity, whatever that is... honestly sometimes I worry about the direction this country is taking... I feel as though our society was so much more tolerant 7 years ago (prior to 9/11) than it is today... I can understand why the NSW education system teaches history in its current fashion... they are operating on the premise that History can and should be taught from a neutral standpoint and that students should be free to make up their own value judgements surrounding history- the only judgements and evaluation students are encouraged to form are those which relate to purely historical ideas rather than moral issues- Ie evaluate the significance of the Whitlam Dismissal, or Evaluate the importance of personalities to the move towards federation... I believe though there is a point at which teachers need to disuade students from certain value judgements (Ie judgements which promote racism, bigotry-- the Aboriginal Massacres were justified, Stolen Generation was a good idea, etc), as such attitudes are destructive to the fabric of Australian society as we know it... the fact that there is such a focus on negativity in Australia's early history in the History course, has led heaps of people to criticise the course as left-wing propaganda and too 'black armband' orientated (remember John Howards Comment: "Mao Tse Tung would be happy with the NSW history syllabus")- I think its interesting that the actual break down of the syllabus content itself could be considered moral positioning... My biggest beef with the Year 9-10 history syllabus was the fact that the course actually went out of its way to disallow any consideration of world history and the place of Australia's history in the wider global context.. not only does it prevent a student from gaining a complete understanding of our own history, but it also promotes an insular mentality and because of the complete lack of historical drama in Australia, makes students think that history is boring... In Christ, Chris [/QUOTE]
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