Dreamtime

INTRODUCTION The purpose of the first part of this report critically reflects on the understandings in Indigenous Education that have been gained from unit topics. The report acknowledges that Standard Australian English is a second language for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, that attitudes need to change both of teachers and of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and parents, and the need for schools to adopt a culturally supportive framework. In addition best…

Aborigines were not working the land agriculturally, so they were not considered owners of Australian land. However, Locke’s ideal was an incompatible theory for the Aboriginal way of life, which was a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting, survival and the Dreamtime. In contrast to Locke, Historian Ronald Hill summarized that the Aboriginal people possessed a spiritual connection with the land that is also tied to their ancestral heritage, which contrasts sharply from the western standpoint of…

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1 The aim of the course is to develop knowledge and skills to work effectively with Indigenous Australians in the field of psychology. In order to do so, we need to explore concepts of culture, identity, belonging, cultural positioning, and social and emotional wellbeing. The majority of work in this course will be examining self and developing an understanding of one’s own learning needs. Individual Learning Outcomes Setting your own Learning Outcomes: Consider your…

This essay has two different parts, the chosen event and aspect will be about Indigenous Australian history of Stolen Generation. It will have answers to, What is Stolen Generation? why have Indigenous children been removed from their families? Also by analysing the nature of the effects and impacts of the event in practice of Indigenous Australians. Children from the Indigenous Australian background has been through so much traumatic events, that educators must have an understanding of these…