In this brief, I will discuss the key issues including social justice, self-identity and culture diversity when using the film Brave New Clan(2015) directed by Leah Purcell for teaching and learning in my year 10 mathematical classroom. Involving this film as a resource in math classroom would contribute significantly to both the concerns of Aboriginal issues and understandings of concepts appreciated in mathematical circumstance. For each issue, opportunities and challenges for using this movie would be indicated as well as some considerations in more broader practical field.
The film Brave New Clan (2015) directed by Purcell.L features six young Aboriginal people living in the modern Australia. Through their personal experiences and narration, …show more content…
self-identity
Another focus of this movie is the development of self-identity for young Aboriginal people living in the modern Australia. There are varied ways that people can build connection with their cultural background, for example through language, dance or music. For Miranda, her personal approach to enhance her understanding of Aboriginal culture is acting, through which she is allowed to make a deeper communication with inner-self and indigenous culture although she barely has a culture before hand.
There are varied ways for young indigenous people to build their connections with their own Aboriginal cultural background and exam their relationship with the world. The idea of achieving a goal through similar or different ways is a basic and fundamental concept of mathematic studies which enables students to identify the commonalities and differences in math or any other situations and engaging responding and thinking …show more content…
It conveys the diversity of cultures on earth and emphasizes the precious value of every single one of them. The idea of 'land' may be referred to mathematical concepts of time, location and interrelationship from aspects of measurement and geometry. Using Aboriginal people's idea may help students to re-view their own understanding of these contents and reflective to their own cultural and social background. It could make it easier for students to develop a deeper, spiritual connection with Aboriginal people through this simple idea and foster their understanding about mathematical contents at the same time.
Using this resource in a math classroom could be a good inspiration for students to think about the issue of culture diversity. Teachers could promote it by setting a group discussion so that students from different cultural background could sit together to share their different understandings of one particular content. However, it also need to be reminded that some ideas may not be accepted and absorbed by every student in class in a short period of time due to the great diversity of them.
In conclusion, Film Who We Are: Brave New Clan directed by Leah Purcell is a suitable resource for me as a mathematics teacher to use in the class to enhance the learning outcomes for students. It demonstrates issues of social justice, self-identity and culture diversity which
The film Brave New Clan (2015) directed by Purcell.L features six young Aboriginal people living in the modern Australia. Through their personal experiences and narration, …show more content…
self-identity
Another focus of this movie is the development of self-identity for young Aboriginal people living in the modern Australia. There are varied ways that people can build connection with their cultural background, for example through language, dance or music. For Miranda, her personal approach to enhance her understanding of Aboriginal culture is acting, through which she is allowed to make a deeper communication with inner-self and indigenous culture although she barely has a culture before hand.
There are varied ways for young indigenous people to build their connections with their own Aboriginal cultural background and exam their relationship with the world. The idea of achieving a goal through similar or different ways is a basic and fundamental concept of mathematic studies which enables students to identify the commonalities and differences in math or any other situations and engaging responding and thinking …show more content…
It conveys the diversity of cultures on earth and emphasizes the precious value of every single one of them. The idea of 'land' may be referred to mathematical concepts of time, location and interrelationship from aspects of measurement and geometry. Using Aboriginal people's idea may help students to re-view their own understanding of these contents and reflective to their own cultural and social background. It could make it easier for students to develop a deeper, spiritual connection with Aboriginal people through this simple idea and foster their understanding about mathematical contents at the same time.
Using this resource in a math classroom could be a good inspiration for students to think about the issue of culture diversity. Teachers could promote it by setting a group discussion so that students from different cultural background could sit together to share their different understandings of one particular content. However, it also need to be reminded that some ideas may not be accepted and absorbed by every student in class in a short period of time due to the great diversity of them.
In conclusion, Film Who We Are: Brave New Clan directed by Leah Purcell is a suitable resource for me as a mathematics teacher to use in the class to enhance the learning outcomes for students. It demonstrates issues of social justice, self-identity and culture diversity which