One current issue impacting Aboriginal children in E.C. settings is that the families of Aboriginal children often feel disconnected with or excluded from the E.C service, as did the Indigenous Melbourne father of two young girls who eventually found their "safe place" at Bubup Wilam (as seen in the youtube video). And yet for Indigenous people family is central in their lives (Fleer, 2004).
Fleer (p.59, 2004) writes, "the child is a composite of an extended family, community and set of cultural beliefs that do not always match those of the centre".
The notion of the child being shaped by their family (amongst other important aspects of their culture) is a sociocultural one, and the importance of family is recognised in many E.C. centres,
Fleer (p.59, 2004) writes, "the child is a composite of an extended family, community and set of cultural beliefs that do not always match those of the centre".
The notion of the child being shaped by their family (amongst other important aspects of their culture) is a sociocultural one, and the importance of family is recognised in many E.C. centres,