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Teaching Rationale for Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Teaching Rationale for Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
Key Words
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Strengths-based approach
Focus on the students knowledge and skills, rather than the things they can't do.
Empower the students by allowing them to share their knowledge of the land and skills they have with the teacher.
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Positive out look on Aboriginality #
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Involvement of culture in learning experiences. #
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Teaching Strategies
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Code switching
Allow students to complete activities first in their native languages, then in Australian Standard English
Two way teaching
Two way partnership between an Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal person for example a classroom teacher and an Aboriginal Education Officer.
Partnership works to develop reconciliation, understanding and value of diverse dialects.
Aboriginal Education Officer helps to ensure that the classroom teacher selects learning experiences and resources that promote Aboriginality within the classroom.
Aboriginal Education Officer makes sure that the learning experiences are accurate, relevant and meaningful.
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make sure that the topic is engaging to the students, not just for you as the teacher.
On Country Learning
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The students have the opportunity to teach the teacher skills and knowledge about the land. #
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Allows the teacher to address the curriculum within the classroom, but also ensures they are teaching the priorities and values that the community hold, such as speaking their native languages, and knowing the cultural customs.
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The place where people from different cultured meet, for example classrooms.
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Resources
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Reconciliation Australia #
Aboriginal Elders and Community Members #
AIO
Aboriginal Education Officers # #
Curriculum
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Curriculum
Learning the Noogar numbers, and using them to count and say number sentences.
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History
Teaching students about the true history of Australia (age appropriate), with a focus on reconciliation and improving the future rather than differences and divides.
Learning the Noogar names for places, and how the names developed based on the environment.
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Science
including Aboriginal languages for science terms such as water, wind and sun.
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Discussing how Aboriginal People survive with limited resources and use the land to the best of their abilities.
Art
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Learning about how Aboriginal People created their art materials, such as paints.
Learning about Dream Time stories and how Aboriginal People tell Dream Time stories through song, music and dance
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Classroom Environment
Learning through their environment. #
Presence of first language, such as signs around the room in both Australian Standard English, as well as Aboriginal English and native languages. #
Interactive, relevant and engaging learning experiences
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Language
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Using Noongar languages to help students learn in a variety of subjects, not just History and Geography
Non-verbal language signs #
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