Possible Pathways in Secondary Teaching - Judy Adnum

Drawing on Judy's own experience, this talk will explore the possible pathways students could go down with a degree in secondary education. Judy will tell the story of how she gained a scholarship to study her higher education degree in Secondary Teaching. Following university Judy's unique path led her to teach English as a second language in Greece and work with Indigenous students in rural NSW. Judy will encourage students to discover their own unique paths and ask them to question where a degree in secondary education could lead them.

Judy Adnum taught History to students in high schools throughout rural and regional NSW for more years than your parents have been on earth. After teaching History to secondary students, she became a consultant with the Department of Education, talking to teachers around the state about teaching Civics and History. As well as this, she has written a number of publications including the Sydney Morning Herald HSC Study Guides for Modern History, chapters of Commerce textbooks and journal articles for the Teaching History journals and has worked with many educational publishers editing resources to be used in schools. Currently she teaches student teachers about how to teach History in the Secondary school.