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| Autor/in | Wooltorton, Terry |
|---|---|
| Titel | Nyungar Education in a Southwest Australian Location: A Perspective. |
| Quelle | (1999), (13 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Aboriginal Australians; Academic Achievement; Acculturation; Culturally Relevant Education; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Indigenous Personnel; Indigenous Populations; Racial Bias; School Culture; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship |
| Abstract | Nyungar is the name used by the Aboriginal people of southwest Australia. A 1993 ethnographic study conducted for an Aboriginal university group, corroborated by 1996 data, suggests that a reasonable number of non-Aboriginal teachers believe that assimilation of Nyungar students is essential for their success at school and in future life. This belief is translated into assimilationist teaching practices and school culture, which in turn results in low academic success, very low retention, and much higher than non-Aboriginal rates of disciplinary action. The 1993 study indicated that rapport between student and teacher significantly increased student success. The rapport could occur within any model of teaching, however it was more likely to occur when students' Aboriginality was respected, and when learning processes were used that were compatible with Nyungar cultural practices, such as sharing, cooperation, and respect for students' will and responsibility for self. The study suggests that Nyungar control of Nyungar education will improve Nyungar educational outcomes, via appropriate, culturally responsive education. In 1996, two important initiatives in Nyungar education were about to be implemented--the establishment of a Nyungar primary school and a Nyungar student center at a local high school, both to be operated by the Department of Education and, ideally, staffed by Nyungars. If Nyungar culture is given due recognition, and Nyungar people have involvement and control, these initiatives should allow Nyungar children to learn in an appropriate and culturally supportive way. (TD) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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