Dr Matthew Keynes

McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne

Education

Research

The truth about First Nations children and schooling has been told, retold and ignored

Three major inquiries over 35 years have reached the same conclusion: Australia's education system functions as a tool of colonial harm. So why hasn't it produced justice?

Education

‘We have always been here’

Truth commissions in Nordic countries are addressing racism and the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples. The education sector must play an active role in truth-telling – as it must in Australia

Education

For the first time, the curriculum in Australian classrooms has a focus on truth-telling

Education is an important part of societal change, but what are the best ways to include truth-telling in the Australian curriculum?