Racing Into History, Sep 29-Oct 2

The HTAA National History Conference which will feature a range of prominent speakers and educators. The event will offer a comprehensive selection of ideas for effective classroom teaching practice. The conference will explore the discipline of History, what it means to be a History teacher in the twenty-first century and the value of teaching History. The conference will include streams focused on a range of Australian Curriculum: History and other topics including Indigenous Australian, Asian, European, American, ancient and medieval histories. In addition, we would consider favourably workshops that address historical thinking, assessment, ready-to-use units of work, unique ways to engage students, developments and best practice in pedagogy and/or the use of online tools, social media and the role of emerging technologies to support classroom instruction.

Keynote speakers are Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, Dr Stéphane Lévesque, and Mr Bruce Pascoe.