Kevin Donnelly | Education and the Left

John Anderson talks to school education expert and co-chair of the review in to the National Curriculum in 2014, Dr. Kevin Donnelly. They discuss the influence of the cultural-left in education today. Dr. Kevin Donnelly is Senior Research Fellow at The Australian Catholic University and one of Australia’s leading education authors and commentators. Kevin taught English and Humanities for 18 years in Victorian schools.

He was a member of the Victorian Education Department's Post Primary English Committee and Post Primary Taskforce, the Year 12 English Panel of Examiners, the Victorian Board of Studies and the Discovering Democracy Programme & inquiry into the Australian Certificate of Education.
Kevin co-chaired the review of the Australian National Curriculum and is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to education.

#Education #Humanities #Democracy
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00:00 Introduction
1:15 Why Teaching Western History Matters
8:30 How to Think vs. What to Think
11:25 Why Moral Relativism Ruins Education
18:07 Legitimate Debate Requires Free Speech
26:22 Education must address Existential Questions
33:23 Why Christianity Matters for Education
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