Education Committee Sydney Forum
Sydney Forum at the Poetry Festival in Sydney on September 4, 3004.
The Mission: Australian Poetry in Schools
This was a panel and discussion session on fostering contemporary Australian poetry in schools. Is Australian poetry under-represented in school settings? What are the challenges to improved access and better teaching of poetry? This session, at the National Poetry Festival, included perspectives from academics, poets, teachers and publishers and aimed at practical strategies for future improvement.
Papers from the forum have just been published in the Summer 2005 edition of 'Five Bells'
Above: From left to right: Ron Pretty, Jessica Chang, Warrick Wynne, Lorraine Gillespie, Lyn Hatherly, Brook Emery.
Forum Program
Chair: Warrick Wynne
1. The Mission: Lorraine Gillespie
2. The Publisher's Perspective: Ron Pretty
3. A Poet's Viewpoint - Brook Emery
4. What schools need: Warrick Wynne
5. A Student Perspective - Jessica Chang
6. Life After School: Teaching Poetry to adults: Lyn Hatherly