Issue 18 - The future of fair go education (March 2004)
Issue 18 Index
It's Time™ is the online e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute.
Teachers should confidently restore higher aims for education
The quality and relevance of higher education in Australia today is central to the new debate on what kind of community we choose to build in the 21st century. Professor Michael Singh from the University of Western Sydney here writes an open letter to student teachers and those who care about teaching which draws on Mark Latham, Noel Pearson, Gough Whitlam and the lessons of history to scope a progressive reform agenda.
Greenacre Public School helping student teachers learn
Student teachers from the University of Western Sydney have started implementing a new literacy project in regional primary schools. The project is a team effort involving the Whitlam Institute, the NSW Department of Education and the Sun-Herald newspaper.
Fair go education and the future of public high schools
Middle class flight from public high schools is an issue which UWS Professor Margaret Vickers is researching. Here she compares the erosion of 'fair go' education across four states in the seach for effective action to counter the downward spiral of residualisation.
Whitlam Institute offices have moved
Whitlam Institute offices are now located on level one of the Female Orphan School at UWS Parramatta. The Whitlam Reading Room and the office of the Whitlam Institute archivist-librarian remain in the Medical Superintendent's Cottage along with archival facilities.
UWS team boosts cost-effectiveness of community-based learning
The University of Western Sydney is helping promote employment opportunities in Fairfield with an action- research project to build more collaboration between community-based education course providers.
From the Leader's Lips - Graham Freudenberg at Parramatta
Doyen of political speechwriting in Australia, Graham Freudenberg, will speak at the Institute at a date in August to be confirmed.
Susie Carleton joins Whitlam Institute Board
A respected member of Australia's arts community and committed worker for indigenous peoples' self-determination, Ms Susie Carleton, has joined the Whitlam Institute Board.
Historic documents from January 1974 available online
Queensland and New South Wales suffer from extensive flooding in January 74. Gough Whitlam visits South East Asia to reaffirm friendships and strengthen regional co-operation.
