Conclusion
The topic of gold/gold mining contains an admixture of ideas from a variety of disciplines which with further curriculum development can lead to a fully integrated course for year 10 or 11 in P.N.G. high schools. The politics of mining at the present time in P.N.G. might well encourage many companies to help in that curriculum development by providing booklets and other curriculum materials to schools, such as those the mining industry in Australia has already provided for Australian schools (Note 2).
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Palmer, W.P. Gold mining in papua new guinea: A curricular omission?. Research in Science Education 19, 210–219 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356860
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