Person

Anthony Fricker

Affiliation:

Deakin University

Alternate Name:

Bryan Fricker

ORCID:

0000-0003-3934-0419

Journal article

Truth-telling in the Australian curriculum

9 Jul 2025

Genée Marks, Jo Raphael, Roy Rozario, Peta White, Brezshia Ashcroft, Robin Bellingham, Alessandra D'Arbe, Brianna Damcevski, Jennie Darcy, Kim Davies, Claudia Filipic, Brandi Fox, Paul Garner, Amanda Hall, Shelley Hannigan, Amrita Kamath, Katie Lee, Eun-ju Lee, Jing Leong, Catherine Milvain, Jonathan Newchurch, Alistair Noble, Joanne O'Mara, Jacqui Peters, Monika Wagner, Yinfeng Wang

The Curriculum Journal

Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth-telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth-telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning. This research critically examines the use of Truth-telling language in the Australian Curriculum.