Djidi Case Study On Aboriginal Schools

Teachers and school communities need to be aware that Indigenous students’ learning and development link back to the three interrelated aspects: past historical policies, Socio-Economic Status (SES) and healthy physical and mental wellbeing. The institutional discrimination due to past government policies for Indigenous Australians resulted in generations of uneducated, or partly educated, Indigenous people (Lowe & Yunkaporta, 2013). Educational policymakers should learn from the past educational experiences of Indigenous Australians and implement developed policies to overcome the poor performance of Indigenous students (Bonney, 2018a; Partington, Beresford & Gower, 2012). Building high-quality relationships with Indigenous communities would …show more content…
Students who are consistently unwell would not able to achieve their potential (Bonney, 2018b; Purdie, Dudgeon & Walker, 2010). Therefore, it is imperative for teachers to consider working on Indigenous students’ healthy well-being and build awareness on health, social and emotional issues. The case studies of Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School and the Yule Brook College have shown that both schools are working to find out the psychological and social problems that are happening inside and outside the schools and offering specialised services to resolve those problems. These issues include domestic violence, bullying, and home living circumstances, treatment or transport affordability, and health problems (Department of Education WA, 2013b; 2013d). One of the services in East Kalgoorlie Primary School is the NTP ear clinic bus. This service examines the ear problems of Indigenous students and offer further check-ups (Department of Education WA, 2013a). School communities need to identify the issues that are hampering their students and finding resolutions to those issues would help students to better settle in the