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Denise Williams-Kennedy
Building bridges between…
Denise Williams-Kennedy
Building bridges between literacies
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Introduction
- Highlighting educational disparities for Indigenous students
- Importance of improving educational opportunities for Indigenous Australians
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Indigenous Perspective:
- Learning as a social process
- Need to study child's culture in action
- Importance of studying from "inside to outside"
- Families as central agents in the project
- Historical neglect of Indigenous knowledge and culture in education
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Challenges in Education:
- Western education system's differences from Indigenous culture
- Deconstruction of Western school structure and culture
- Need for a holistic Indigenous framework for learning
- Diversity of Indigenous Australian cultures
- Importance of family roles, obligations, and interdependence
- Autonomy, time, and space differences between cultures
Power of Language:
- Dominance of Standard Australian English (SAE)
- Importance of accepting Indigenous languages and Aboriginal English
Indigenous Literacy:
- Reading the land, symbols, and nature
- Holistic view of literacy involving communication, symbols, lore, stories, etc.
- Multiple literacies: spoken, symbolic, visual, non-verbal, intuitive, etc.
- Contrast with Western school literacy: speaking, listening, reading, writing
Family Stories:
- Indigenous literacy connected to daily life, culture, traditions, kinship
- Importance of recognizing and valuing Indigenous literacy skills
- Need for educators to acknowledge and build upon existing literacy competencies
Conclusion:
- Family stories provide insights into Indigenous literacy and learning
- Acknowledgment of complex cultural practices
- Learning from Indigenous perspectives to bridge educational gaps
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Summary:
The book and the video aim to provide cross cultural awareness for teachers of Indigenous children, of what Indigenous parents consider as important aspects of their children's lives and the literacies children have acquired; includes video stories by Indigenous parents and explanatory book