Mr Gething said he believed exam reforms were based on "ideology" in England and changes in Wales should be based on evidence and the needs of learners.
Labour AM Vaughan Gething said that the emails may have suggested that he had "surrendered" his independence and was acting as a "cheerleader for the government".
Bill Gething, an advisor to the RIBA, says the government's new so-called sustainable communities are often traditional car-led developments that fail to meet the government's rhetoric.
Labour AM Vaughan Gething called for clearer tariff information from the energy providers as he argued that the pressure to find the best deal was putting an additional burden on the poorest in the society.
Labour AM Vaughan Gething asked Mr Andrews an urgent question on the letter, and said he felt the message from Mr Gove to Wales was not 'you can go your own way' but rather 'you must go your own way'.
"I'd say what we've shown is that if we can provide people with existing technologies such as drugs and bednets, we have the capacity as a global community to reduce the misery this disease causes, " said Dr Gething.