Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

Call Number
Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 65 No. 17 (8 Oct 1984)
Images
60
Notes
Australian Teacher No. 9 August 1984 supplement, 36 pages
Page Notes
Australian Teacher No. 9 August 1984 supplement, 36 pages
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Contents

education JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Teachers and Students Picket Retraining Unit 1
INSIDE: 1
The President writes... STATE BUDGET 2
PEP Update – Oct 3 2
PUBLIC EDUCATION DAY 2
Correspondence School Supports Stewart House 2
18:12 and the STATE BUDGET 3
THE SUPER FLYING CIRCUS 3
1985 STAFFING FORMULA 3
LETTERS to the editors Bouquet to the Health Soc 4
Financial Support 4
Getting Out 4
Batlow Staffing 4
No Control 4
OC Bigotry 4
‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’ 4
Italian Lessons for All 4
Bright Children 4
RESPONSE TO DAVID WEST’S ARTICLE “OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT”? 5
OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT? Part 11 5
More Letters How Extraordinary 6
Threatening Presence 6
Men’s Conference 6
Mere Male 6
Trendy Lefties 6
A Fistfull of Dollars 6
Walcha Applauds 6
Basic Unionism 6
Unsafe Auntie 6
Leaky Demountables 6
SAVING 8,000 LIVES 7
THE TRANSFER POINTS SYSTEM 7
More Letters Victory at Any Cost 8
150 Hour Experience 8
Dormitory 8
The Joy of Art 8
Media Sensationalism 8
Demountables 8
In Friendship 8
New Information 8
Chest X-Rays 8
CORRECTION 8
Women, Work and Education 18 Key Statistics 9
More Letters Royal Commission 10
Federal Funding 10
Hunter Principals 10
Folk Lore 10
Two Principles 10
Forced Transfers 10
Severe Intellectual Disability Pupils 10
LINGUISTIC GENOCIDE 11
No title 11
Nicaragua and El Salvador 11
THE STATE BUDGET 84/85 12 , 13
TEACHER HOUSING AUTHORITY FUNDING 12
CORRECTION 12
The State Budget and the Education Commission 12 , 13
THE BUDGET AND RURAL EDUCATION 13
Notice of proposal to affiliate 14
BUSH MUSIC 14
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 14
Advertising 14
PEACE EDUCATION What’s going on? 15
TEACHERS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT UNDER WAY 15
Education Commission: Farewell to Ray Cavenagh 15
Welcome to Marie Breen 15
National Peace And Disarmament Education Symposium 15
Advertising 15 , 16
SECONDARY PROMOTIONS APPOINTMENTS T= Transfer P= Promotion APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPALS 16
PRIMARY PROMOTIONS APPOINTMENTS Group 1 Appointments/Promotion to 12-1-84 16 , 17
MASTERS’ COURSES IN EDUCATION THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 16
NSW RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 17
Advertising 17
Psychic Phenomena – Fact or Fiction? 18
Advertising 18
SCHOOL TOUR NEWS 19
TOUR OF THE MONTH 3 DAY CANBERRA ECONOMY TOUR BY COACH 19
2 DAY HUNTER VALLEY TOUR BY COACH 19
1984 TELFORD SCHOOL TOURS 19
END OF TERM1 DAY TOURS 19
THIRD TERM NOTES 19
2 DAY GOULBURN/ WOMBEYAN CAVES TOUR BY COACH 19
Advertising 20
BOOKS Senator Ryan Launches “The Great Immigration Debate” 20
The Banjo of the Bush 20
OBITUARY-JOHN FORBES 20
THEATRE 21
NORTH WEST CENTRAL SCHOOLS BAND SPONSORED BY TEACHERS CREDIT UNION 21
Advertising 21 , 22 , 23
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 150 23
Advertising 23
How far to the conservative view of education has the Federal Labor Government’s view swung? SIMON MARGINSON reports. HAWKE IN FRASER'S CLOTHING 24
The Australian TEACHER 25
THE 1985 ALL-AUSTRALIAN ALMANAC&CALENDAR 26
Teach in the Northern Territory 26
The Australian Teacher The rise and rise of The Australian Teacher 27
FOR THE RECORD 28
Advertising 28
FEDERAL FUNDING Upwards and onwards 29 , 30 , 31
COMMONWEALTH SCHOOLS PROGRAMS IN 1984 AND 1985 30
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING 1976 TO 1984 AND GUIDELINES FOR 1984 TO 1992 31
ODE 32
PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY PEP the showpiece 33
ASSESSMENT Spell them out The objectivity of descriptive assessment 34 , 35
Eleven ways to make reports objective 36 , 37
IN-SERVICE School-based in-service 38
CREATION[?] Abracadabra Creationism is alive and kicking in at least two states 39
Home work Homework – the assumed privilege 40 , 41
The educational computer that actually works in a Classroom situation. 42 , 43
“REMEMBER THIS..” 44 , 45
ABORIGINAL EDUCATION-PEDAGOGY A call for an Aboriginal pedagogy 46 , 47 , 48
What our own people say 47
Insight Meditation Course in May Holidays 48
National Aboriginal Education Committee: A guide 49
ABORIGINAL EDUCATION – RESOURCES Koories in the classroom Some useful ideas from Aboriginal Education Services, Victoria 50
There is no excuse to teach rubbish 51
BOOKS Thinking with turtles Neil Hooley, State Board of Education, Victoria 52
children’s song 52
Advertising 52
DEMOCRATIC CURRICULUM DEMOCRATIC CURRICULUM 53
Process must be inclusive 53
Skills for the future 53 , 54
Global problems 54
Sophisticated pluralism 54 , 55 , 56
rucksacks, shoe strings/& the occasional lover for Jenny 56
INTERNATIONAL MEANWHILE... EDUCATION OVERSEAS 57
LETTERS Testing time for Tassie 58
Negative cover 58
Ineffectual idealism 58
Language through the subjects 58
Advertising 59 , 60

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education  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Vol. 65, No. 17  

October 8, 1984  

Price $l.OO  

Registered by Australia Post Publication Number N8G1213  

Teachers and Students  

Picket Retraining Unit  

by John Poulos  

Teachers trainees from the  

Conservatorium of Music joined an  

official federation picket line at  

the Leichhardt retraining centre.  

The trainees joined the picket line  

in support of federation’s ban on  

the 10 week retraining/training  

courses in mathematics and music.  

The bans were placed on the crash  

courses by June Council and has  

been re-iterated at subsequent  

Council meetings.  

The trainees were specifically  

concerned that their four year  

training courses was being devalued  

by the 10 week crash courses and  

that students were entitled to  

properly qualified and accredited  

■teachers.  

The bans were imposed because  

of the Government’s failure to  

provide long term solution to the  

shortage of specialist teachers,  

particularly in mathematics,  

music, science and industrial arts.  

The Federation has been warning  

the Government since 1979 that  

there would be shortages in certain  

subject areas. The Government’s only  

solution to the short and long term  

need for specialist teachers has been  

the establishment of 10 week crash  

courses.  

Some of the students in the  

retraining/training courses, have  

insufficient background in the  

discipline they have been offered  

training and retraining.  

In August, under pressure from  

the Federation, accredited teacher  

training courses were set up in  

Newcastle and Kuringai CAE’s in  

mathematics, Science and  

industrial arts. The Government’s  

is still insisting on running  

non-accredited 10 week courses at the  

retraining unit.  

The Department had assured  

the Federation that the June 10  

week course would the only course  

that would be run.  

The Federation is aware of the  

concerns of many schools for  

qualified teachers, but believes  

that to allow such courses to  

continue will never force the  

Government to meet its commit-  

ment for properly trained and  

accredited teachers.  

The Federation is specifically  

concerned that the training or  

retraining of teachers in subject  

discipline, in both method and  

content, cannot adequately occur  

in 10 weeks. Students have the  

right to quality education from  

qualified teachers. The placement  

of inqualified teachers (in those  

disciplines) into schools will  

undermine the working conditions  

of other teachers.  

The Federation is still waiting  

for the Government to put  

forward their long term plans to  

overcome the critical shortage of  

teachers.  

INSIDE:  

• Superannuation  

• State Budget 3, 12, 13  

• The OC debate  

• The points transfer system  

 

• Women, education and  

work  

• The Wangkumara alphabet  

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• Secondary and Primary  

transfers and promotions  

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