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Indigenous Education - A Learning Journey for Teachers, Schools and Communities (Paperback)
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Indigenous Education - A Learning Journey for Teachers, Schools and Communities (Paperback)
Series: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, 86
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Education is an essential pathway to bridging the divide in
educational attainment between Indigenous and non- Indigenous
students. In the Australian policy contexts, Indigenous Education
has been informed by a large number of reviews, reports and an
extensive list of projects aimed at improving educational outcomes
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Central to each
has been the investigation of the inequity of access to educational
resources, the legacy of historical policies of exclusion and the
lack of culturally responsive pedagogical practices that impact on
Indigenous student achievement at school. Research on best practice
models for teaching Indigenous students points to the level of
teachers' commitment being a crucial link to student engagement in
the classroom, improvement of student self concept and student
retention rates. Most recently, the Australian Institute for
Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has recognised in the
National Professional Standards for Teachers, that practising
teachers must attain skills in working with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander students and their communities. Clearly it is time
for new pedagogical practices in Indigenous education that are
implemented in partnerships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities. This book reports on a three-year research
based study of action learning in schools that sought to enhance
engagement with local Aboriginal communities, promote quality
teaching and improve students' learning outcomes. The school
studies come from different demographic regions in New South Wales,
Australia's most populous state and showcase the achievements and
challenges; highs and lows; affordances and obstacles in the
development and delivery of innovative curriculum strategies for
teaching Aboriginal histories and cultures in Australian schools.
The findings illustrate that engaging teachers in a learning
journey in collaboration with academic partners and members of
local Aboriginal communities in an action learning process, can
deliver innovative teaching programs over a sustained period of
time. As a result schools demonstrated that these approaches do
produce positive educational outcomes for teachers and students and
enable authentic partnerships with Aboriginal communities.
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