The Context for Change: Reconceptualising the 3Rs in Education for Indigenous Students

Autor/in	Jackson-Barrett, Elizabeth
Titel	The Context for Change: Reconceptualising the 3Rs in Education for Indigenous Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 36 (2011) 12, S.21-32 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Access to Education; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Outcome Based Education; Time Perspective; Multiple Intelligences; Intelligence Differences; Responsibility; Interpersonal Relationship; Human Dignity; Social Change; Social Attitudes; Indigenous Knowledge; Politics of Education; Disadvantaged; Racial Discrimination; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lernerfolgsmessung; Zeitbezug; Intelligenz (Psy); Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Menschenwürde; Sozialer Wandel; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Racial bias; Rassismus; Australien
Abstract	In 2011, three years on from the Apology given by Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd to the Stolen Generations and coupled with the Federal Governments agenda to "close the gap" in education for Aboriginal students, perhaps it is time to retrospectively look at the issues and challenges that have moulded the terrain of Aboriginal education in Western Australia. It is clear that over the last 200 years there has been progress in improving the access of schooling for many Aboriginal students. However the retention and successful completion of compulsory schooling still remain at unacceptable levels. Given that historically many Indigenous students have underachieved in most aspects of their "western" education then it stands to reason that the basic 3R concept of Reading, [W]riting and [A]rithmetic are inaccessible for many Indigenous students in their present form. Perhaps the most appropriate strategy today, in outcome-based education, and to assist with "closing the gap", would be to reconceptualise the 3R concept into a more tangible form. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10