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A presentation done to curriculum leaders as part of an overview of the cross-curricula perspectives. It includes links to various resources
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and culturesNuriootpa High School
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-histories-and-cultures.
New DECD PolicyCurriculum, Pedagogy, Assessment and Reporting Policy for Reception–Year 10
This policy is available at http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/teachingandlearning/pages/Yearsr10/curric/
Is it important?NHS doesn’t have many Indigenous students but
– Indigenous students often suffer from low self-esteem– We have a social responsibility and a moral obligation
to help promote awareness of Indigenous perspectives in an inclusive and sensitive manner
“As a nation Australia values the central role of education in building a democratic, equitable and just society— a society that is prosperous, cohesiveand culturally diverse, and that values Australia’s Indigenous cultures as a keypart of the nation’s history, present and future.”
Melbourne Declaration
“93% of the references to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures perspective are in the History curriculum”
Is this a problem?•Is the focus too narrow? What aspects of Indigenous Culture have been ignored?•Is this marginalisation? Do we really have a cross-curricula priority here?
Professor Peter Buckskin, Dean: Indigenous Scholarship,Engagement, and Research, University of South Australia
Some missing content
Issues Location Total
Citizenship Rights Yr6 2
Mabo Yr3, Yr10 2
Reconciliation Yr3, Yr 10 2
Land Rights 0
Human Rights 0
Social Justice 0
Employment Yr8 1
Aboriginal Rights Yr6, Yr10 5
Civil Rights Yr 10 4
Self Determination 0
Stolen Generation Yr6, Yr9, Yr10 4
Deaths in Custody 0
Aboriginal activism Yr6, Yr10 4
Some missing depth
K-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 Total
Remembering 15 13 5 13 2 48
Understanding 5 9 5 7 2 29
Applying 0 8 0 2 0 10
Analysing 1 5 2 4 6 18
Evaluating 0 0 0 4 0 4
Creating 0 0 0 3 0 3
Total 22 35 12 33 10 112
Cognitive Requirements of the Content
Assuming that we think this is a problem, where do we look for suggestions about how to fix it?
http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/Illustrations/Details/IOP00136
http://ab-ed.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Some other links
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in schools http://deta.qld.gov.au/indigenous/pdfs/eatsips_2011.pdf
Reconciliation Australiahttp://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/latest/aboriginal-perspectives-in-schools-q-a
Framework for Embedding Koorie Cultures, Histories and Perspectives in Victorian Schools http://vaeai.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/000234_caba.pdf
Some questions for you to ponder.– How can we treat Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander perspectives with integrity?– How should we teach students about
diversity? (try Googling ‘Culturally Responsive Curriculum’)
– Is the ATSI content in your Learning Area deep and engaging or just tokenistic? Can you fix that?
And now, over to Penny for the next CCP …
Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia
What kind of Asian are you?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ