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I read this article in The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE), and I was left mystified as to the silence of our decision-makers, as the same scenario rolled out in Australia, and locally, since 1992. Let’s check and read the statements of the article. The Australian context in most ways mirror that in the United…
When I researched for an image, for this blog, I found this one below, one of three images, in my paid account provided for my business, which came up with the three results with the research phrase, “capture public relations”. This image is an excellent illustration of the problem-at-hand. Featured Image: Public Relations campaign…
A Critical Review of 2022 Theos Annual Lecture by Tom Holland, published by Humanist Australia Inc. on the Medium platform. Follow the link: https://medium.com/australian-humanist/a-critical-review-of-2022-theos-annual-lecture-by-tom-holland-d4268e11e7c0
The 2022 Australian and New Zealand History of Education (ANZHES) Conference From selections of the ANZHES Newsletter December 2022, with comments. This blog article — call it what you like — “academic”, “populist”, “community”, any political semantics, to ignore it, Minister of Education, cannot be so dismissed. The communities demand an answer on the state…
Cult-Like Separatist Christianity never went away. It appears little has changed from the early days’ of 1920s fundamentalism and the first megachurches, but there is now a major change – institutions have had, in the last half century, a public face that attempts to mitigate accusations, from and to, ‘the world’ and, from and to,…
The following synopsis is originally a conference paper delivered at the November 2019 Conference of the Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society. Mapping Local Educated Society 1859-2009: Landscape and Culture in the Mapping Brisbane Education Project By Dr Neville Buch, MPHA (Qld) INTRODUCTION The paper I am presenting today…
‘EDUCATION FOR FAITH AND BELIEF’: RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND 1875-2020 In order to investigate, with any intelligence, the history of religious instruction, religious education, and Christian education in Queensland, between the years 1875-2020 (what was taught under the state as ‘education for faith and belief’), it necessary to understand the practical…