Getting beyond the ‘hotch-potch of competing agendas’: the need to develop a powerful curriculum for all young people

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Notes

1. Priestley (2011, p. 227).

2. From this point on, unless otherwise stated, chapter numbers refer to Curriculum in Today's World.

3. In December 2005, an estimated 5000 Australians took over the beach at Cronulla in Sydney. Many were fuelled by alcohol and some sections of the crowd became violent as they waved the national flag and attacked anyone who looked Middle Eastern in appearance. In the preceding week, there had been several clashes between young Middle Eastern men and life-savers on the beach.

4. Zeitgeist – essence/spirit of a particular place/time.

5. John Simpson – a stretcher bearer at the battle of Gallipoli in the First World War. He became a national hero for his bravery under fire in rescuing, with his donkey, wounded Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) soldiers.