Indigenous Students: A Short Summary And Analysis

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Through these type of learning strategies we teachers could provide the parents, teachers, students and all individuals the school community to be able to familiarise Indigenous students and change to positive behaviour for a better educational goals for these individuals and the rest. Through these components teachers are providing and protecting the right to education for these individuals (Price, 2012). It is highly important to understand the reason why Indigenous students are not successful in literacy outcomes even though they have been born in Australia and speak English. The reason this could be the result is through their values and culture they are from example is through aboriginal children are less likely to answer questions in

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