The focus on generic skills in Australia's new national curriculum risks breeding a profession of general-capabilities educators rather than teachers of specialist subjects such as history, English or maths. Former president of the national History Teachers Association Paul Kiem - who has written about school history in a collection of essays, Australian History Now, launched … Continue reading Australia risks losing specialist teachers in English, maths, history and other subjects
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April 12 1633 Inquisition Of Galileo For Heresy Begins
On April 12th 1633, the inquisition of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei began, under the auspices of chief inquisitor Father Vincenzo Maculano da Firenzuola, appointed by Pope Urban VIII. Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which … Continue reading April 12 1633 Inquisition Of Galileo For Heresy Begins
Craig Hill 