Indigenous retention: what can be learnt from Queensland?
Indigenous retention: what can be learnt from Queensland? Book Section
Two Way Teaching and Learning: Toward culturally reflective and relevant education
- Author(s): Bain, C
- Secondary Author(s): Purdie, N, Milgate, G, Bell, HR
- Published: 2011
- Publisher: ACER Press
Abstract: Within Australia's education revolution lies another, quieter revolution that attempts to raise the profile and status, and improve the learning outcomes, of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: children, young adults, women, and men. Two Way Teaching and Learning addresses the interface where two cultures meet: in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. Most of the contributors are highly experienced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners drawn from academia, the teaching profession, and the community. They put the spotlight on policies and processes that serve to either facilitate an informed respectful relationship in education, or to reinforce cultural inequity and inequality. The policy implications - which can either be liberating or devastating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Australian school systems - are exposed and explored with forensic care. Each contributor clearly articulates specific problems in complex areas - such as school retention, literacy and numeracy, self-concept and identity - and each offers practical strategies that address these issues. Written for teachers, policy-makers, academics, and administrators, Two Way Teaching and Learning works toward embedding a more culturally reflective, relevant, and inclusive agenda in places of learning for the benefit of all. At once confronting and uplifting, where there's an issue, there are also practical solutions and measurable outcomes.
- Urls: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152218090?q=Two+Way+Teaching+and+Learning&c=book&versionId=165916266
- Publisher Location: Camberwell