What Is Standard 1.4: Strategies For Teaching Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students

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Standard 1.4: Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
This standard highlights the fact that teachers will teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students throughout their career. Teachers need to be prepared to meet these students’ needs in the classroom by designing and implementing effective teaching strategies. Teachers must manipulate the curriculum to ensure learning is relevant to all their students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. By incorporating meaningful topics for these students into learning, teachers can support Indigenous students’ education and teach them more effectively. By using effective strategies for teaching Indigenous students, teachers can help make a change

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