Pop songs are weird science — The Australian

There is a right-wing media trope we might call “dumbed down weird syllabus stuff” that appears with monotonous regularity. Today in The Australian we have but the latest example from Justine Ferrari, Education writer.

NOBEL Prize-winning scientist Peter Doherty has attacked the way science is taught in Australian schools, with some students studying the lyrics of classic pop songs as part of the subject.

In Queensland, the Cat Stevens song “Where Do The Children Play?” and Midnight Oil’s hit “River Runs Red” about environmental degradation are studied in Years 8 and 9 science classes as part of an examination of science and society.