An archive of entries with keywords: "Social studies"
Aotearoa New Zealand, 1939-1989
The School Publications Branch of New Zealand’s Department of Education was established in 1939, during the second term of the first Labour Government. From 1940 Clarence Beeby, then Director of Education, oversaw the Branch’s activities. According to Beeby, School Publications flourished after he enabled its staff to exercise editorial and creative freedom (Beeby, 1957, p.… Continue Reading »
Queensland (and Australia), 1970s-1990s
The argument for social studies in the school curriculum rested on the idea that subjects such as history and geography were too bound to academic disciplines. Children and youth, especially under the circumstances of compulsory attendance, required subjects that met their individual, social and labour-force entry needs. This was not straight-forward of course, compulsory education was an opportunity for the more pervasive moralisation of children, turning them into acceptable citizen-subjects.… Continue Reading »
