I will begin by looking at a brief overview of the history of schooling. ... (Whitehead 1999) South Australia was a very literate society. ... So why was mass compulsory schooling introduced in 1875 in South Australia? ... On the one hand, there is the world of the printed word with its emphasis on logic, sequence, history, exposition, objectivity, detachment, and discipline. ...

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Moreover, it was based on the Australian and British curriculums, as there was not one previously, it had to be based on something (McKenzie, 1992). ... Students were drilled in their education of reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, English grammar and composition, object lessons, vocal music, elementary science and drawing (The Education Act, 1877). ...

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The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the fi...

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