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WA geography teachers back focus on facts.

Byline: Bethany Hiatt

Oct 02, 2006 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Geography teachers in Western Australia are backing calls for a change in the way geography is taught in Australian schools. The Australian Geography Teachers' Association and the Institute of Australian Geographers want the subject separated from the social sciences and taught in its own right in the early years of high school. They say teaching should be based on facts not general concepts, claiming that the subject is being distorted. History teachers recently called for Australian history to be taught ...

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