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Closing the Gap
What’s not to love in the new Closing The Gap agreement? Well, these two targets
I want to love the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. I want to be able to …
Into this silence the children said – we are not the problem we are the solution
“…And in the naked light I saw ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking, people hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices ever shared, no one dared disturb the sound of silence…” (Excerpt from Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel, 1965) There is a silence echoing within government chambers, as the need to …
Taken for a ride? How the education vehicle breaks down for First Nations people
The ‘education is the key’ mantra is often used as a metaphor in remote First Nations communities to …
Effective teaching methods that work for Indigenous students: latest research
What does effective teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students look like? Thousands of research studies have been dedicated to finding answers to this question. But much of what we think we know, or hear, about Indigenous education remains mired in myths and legends. Governments have been surprisingly frank about the failure of their …
Why and how to use different teaching methods with Indigenous students
For decades there has been an overrepresentation of Indigenous students across Australia in disciplinary school records. Suspensions, exclusions …