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Indigenous education
Now, more than ever, we need change in Indigenous education
This week (May 27-31) is National Reconciliation Week. The theme this year is ‘Now more than ever’. We …
Welcome to the third #AARE2023 blog of the conference
We update during the day! The following post is by Babak Dadvand, La Trobe University Navigating Australia’s Teacher …
Welcome to the second #AARE2023 blog of the conference
And that’s the last post for the day. Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow. The following post …
How to stop racism in class: burn it off
“You’re like the token black kid in the class”: the continued need for Indigenisation of curriculum to support …
Why and how the Voice is a teachable moment right now
On any view, this year’s referendum on whether to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderVoice in the Australian Constitution is a teachable moment. There are concepts of history (What hasbeen the experience of First Nations peoples in the period since colonisation?); law (How does oursystem of government work?); political science (under what circumstances do …
Happy new year reading: our most popular posts of all time
EduResearch Matters began back in 2014 under the stewardship of the amazing Maralyn Parker. At the end of 2020, Maralyn retired and I tried to fill very big shoes. The unusual thing about EduResearch Matters is that even posts published in the first couple of years of the blog’s existence continue to get readers – …
Indigenous voices: why we urgently need windows and mirrors
Could you see yourself reflected in your English classroom? I would like you to take yourself back in time for a moment. Take yourself back to your high school English classroom. I want you to imagine the books you studied. Think of their titles and who they were by. Think about what you learnt and …
What makes a culturally nourishing school?
AARE Symposium : The Culturally Nourishing Schooling Project Dr Keiko Bostwick (UNSW), Associate Professor Kevin Lowe (UNSW), Dr. Greg …
‘My attitude COMPLETELY changed’: why universities should move new teachers from resentment to respect for Indigenous Australia as we vote on the Voice
Editor’s note: One of the biggest challenges in Australian education is how we embed an understanding of Indigenous …
Patience, persistence and persuasion: the how-to of Indigenous curriculum practice
‘I can’t breathe’. As the Black Lives Matter movement gathered global momentum these words became a familiar refrain; forever linked to the African American man whose life was extinguished by police on a city street in 2020. Few recall the same words uttered by an Aboriginal man in a police cell in Sydney in 2015, …