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Teaching sensitive texts: with Nirvana Watkins

Teaching sensitive texts: with Nirvana Watkins

Update: 2021-04-29

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English teacher and department leader Nirvana Watkins joins VATE Education Officer, Emma Jenkins, to discuss the teaching of texts with emotionally and culturally sensitive material and the responsibilities of educators when working with these texts. To view the texts and resources mentioned by Nirvana and Emma, visit https://www.vate.org.au/vate-village.

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Teaching sensitive texts: with Nirvana Watkins

Teaching sensitive texts: with Nirvana Watkins

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