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| Vol 18. Number 1, January/February 2009 |
- DG's View with Director-General Rachel Hunter
2009 is a momentous year for Queensland as we celebrate 150 years since Queensland separated from New South Wales (Q150). To mark the occasion, Education Views steps back in time to look at the evolution of Queensland education over those years.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-01.html - Back to school bulletin
2009 will be a big year with more new teachers, students and schools. It will also see a review of the primary school curriculum and the start of a new Indigenous scholarship program.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-02.html - The education evolution
When the founders of Queensland's education system put their grand plan in place some 150 years ago, they couldn't have imagined the impact it would have on future generations of students and teachers. REBECCA PERRY steps back in time to discover how history was made in classrooms throughout the state.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-03.html - Provisional schools
Provisional schools are an important part of Queensland's education history. One of the earliest references to provisional schools by Queensland's education department was in a report in 1869.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-04.html - Schools score an A for war effort
In 1943, Prime Minister John Curtin's plea to children did not fall on deaf ears.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-05.html - Distance no longer a tyranny
Historian Geoffrey Blainey suggested in his book, The Tyranny of Distance, that distance shaped Australia's history.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-06.html - Teaching across the great divide
In 1922, the Primary Correspondence School in Brisbane was established, heralding a more productive and efficient way of teaching children in remote areas.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-07.html - Milking the system
The mention of the 'free milk scheme' often prompts vivid images to flood back for thousands of former Queensland primary school students.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-08.html - Connecting the dots
Today digital technologies are part and parcel of the lives of young Queenslanders - but not so long ago computers and the internet were a great wonder to students, LARISSA BILYARD reports.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-10.html - Teaching lessons lasting a lifetime
In classrooms across Queensland there are a lot of people called Isabelle - currently one of the most popular girls' names - but only one who is aged 80 and working as a teacher.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-11.html - Creative thinking
2009 is the Year of Creativity in Queensland schools. The year will celebrate creativity in our classrooms and give teachers and students new opportunities to develop their creative skills.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-12.html - End of an era
It's a bit strange - but very reassuring - to hear a high school principal admit his own teenage years were spent 'having an absolute ball, and I never studied'.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-13.html - Family ties to teaching
When Daphne Weller began her teaching career at the Gympie Girls and Infants School in the 1930s, she could never have imagined both her daughter and granddaughter would follow in her footsteps decades later.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-14.htm l - A journey worth revisiting
Music is often the soundtrack to moments in time - so in 1987, as the stock-market crashed, it's little wonder that Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer' struck a chord.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-15.html - Indigenous reflections
In Queensland's 150th year, as departmental staff at all levels work to close the gap between outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, CARMEL CARRICK spoke with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who work in education on their hopes for the future.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-09.html - More Indigenous reflections
Times have changed since Penny Tripcony was a student at East Brisbane State School in the 1940s.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-16.html - Our longest serving public servant
When I told principal advisor Lesley Fletcher I was from the department's Corporate Communication and Marketing (CCM) branch at central office she thought I was phoning her about a hot media issue.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-17.html - Our longest serving teacher
With 54 years' continuous employment with the department in its various incarnations, Margaret May is our longest serving state school teacher.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-18.html - New schools go green
Environmental sustainability, wireless internet and al fresco dining areas would have been beyond the comprehension of students and teachers at Queensland's first state schools in the 1850s and 60s.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-19.html - One-teacher schools
Since the 19th century, many young Queenslanders in remote areas have been educated in one-teacher schools.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-20.html - Special lessons
At 81, there is a quiet, old school aura about Geoffrey Swan, but it's nothing to do with his age.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-21.html - School on wheels
In Queensland, advisory visiting teachers aren't the only ones who go on the road.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-22.html - Building lasting memories
Early Queensland schools were very basic structures built of materials at hand.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-23.html - Hot properties
Introducing some of our most historically significant state school buildings.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-24.html - History alive at Kedron
While a national history curriculum is set to become compulsory for students until Year 10 in 2011, students at a Brisbane high school are already soaking up their local history thanks to a teacher with a passion for the past.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-25.html - Planning for a successful celebration
Acting principal of Currumbin Valley State School Andrew Schumacher has one piece of advice for any school planning to celebrate a significant milestone or event - plan ahead.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-26.html - School sports
In the early days of the Queensland colony, there was no such thing as organised games.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-27.html - Our school uniforms
Shapeless many may have been, yet school uniforms helped form the childhood memories of Queenslanders.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-28.html - Queenslanders embrace a ticket to train
The lives of Queenslanders have been enriched by vocational education and training for more than 150 years.
http://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/publication/edviews/html/art-2009-01-29.html |
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