Framing for Indigenous Learning
Critical framing for indigenous learning provides lenses for examining issues from all angles and to work from more informed positions, whether one is a student or a teacher
Holistic Planning and Teaching Framework Educational scaffold. Empowers both students and teachers with a structure that considers how Indigenous students learn. This is related to how they view the world – holistic approach to learning that encompasses Land, Language, and Culture by contextualising Time, Place and Relationships.
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=44292
Aboriginal Studies across the Curriculum: CEOWA http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/wattle/abstuds1/indexab.html
Aboriginal Studies Curriculum: A Teacher’s Guide http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/abled/TOC.htm
Incorporating Aboriginal perspectives in your curriculum http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/html/apacsa3.html
Creating an inclusive curriculum http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/teaching_downloads.html
Inclusive Curriculum Planning Template www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/…/ph3wellingtonsccurricplantemp.doc
Culturally inclusive practice: creating a culturally inclusive classroom http://www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/support/abedequity/reg_equi/documents/CIC/08ESLOrientation_CreatingCulturallyInclusiveClassroom-BC2.pdf
Australian Aboriginal culture http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/index.html
History of the Aborigines http://library.thinkquest.org/28994/abhistory.html
Myths in presenting Aboriginal issues in mainstream classrooms http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/teaching_downloads.html
Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and knowledge frameworks http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/docs/indig-persp.pdf
Use of appropriate terminology http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/teaching_downloads.html
Moorditj Australian Indigenous Cultural expressions. (The Moorditj Consortium, 1998) http://www.duit.uwa.edu.au/Moorditj/
Gettin’ into it! Some facts about Indigenous people and Being sensitive http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/pdf/Gettinintoit.pdf
Gettin’ into it – Working with Indigenous learners – This Teaching and Learning guide focuses on designing teaching and learning strategies relevant to Indigenous learners and their communities. http://www.resourcegenerator.gov.au/loadpage.asp?Page=Indigenous_learners.htm
The Closing the Gap Education Strategy http://www.learningplace.com.au/defaulteqa.asp?orgid=84&suborgid=552
Understanding your students and their community http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/docs/indig-persp.pdf
Bound for Success Curriculum http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=44561
Understanding and reconciliation http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/lessons/pdfs/APAC092.pdf
Classroom characteristics of Indigenous secondary students http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au/ISSUES/PDF/272/Partington.pdf#5
Setting Them Up For Strong Futures http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/strategies/strong_futures.html
The day the postie came – The perceptions and ideas of Indigenous students successfully completing the South Australian Certificate of Education. http://www.whatworks.edu.au/dbAction.do?cmd=displaySitePage1&subcmd=select&id=405
Eight ways in which bias shows up in teaching resources http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/html/apacsa7.html
NAIDOC timeline – To navigate through this interactive timeline, click on the dates to the right-hand side of the diagram http://www.naidoc.org.au/history/timeline.aspx
Close the Gap – Leadership in education for Indigenous students http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/pdfs/closing-gap.pdf#42
Two way leadership development (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/lessons/pdfs/APAC253.pdf
Learn-A-Torium project 1: overview of development http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/lessons/pdfs/apac054.pdf
Indigenous Education http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/
Wangkatha orthography http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/lessons/pdfs/APAC255.pdf
Better classroom management http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/resources/teaching_downloads.html
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
Understanding and reconciliation – Gary Partington Edith Cowan University
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/apac/lessons/pdfs/APAC092.pdf
PUBLICATIONS
Healy, Annah. (2008). Multiliteracies and diversity in education. Australia: Oxford pg 78
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2009) Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009, Productivity Commission, Canberra.
INDIGENOUS MEDIA
Koori Mail
http://www.koorimail.com.au/
National Indigenous Times
http://www.nit.com.au/
Message Stick
http://www.abc.net.au/message/links.htm
Vibe Magazine
http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe/corporate/index.asp