Indigenous language

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…

spoken in North Queensland, particularly in the Cardwell region, as well as the Herbert River Catchment”. The song ‘Bagirrbarra’ is a song that is important to Warrgamay indigenous communities and used to educate non-indigenous audiences. The song, its music and performance communicate and signify belonging to the land and Indigenous identity. The contemporary song has been brought about to represent a story that portrays strong connection to one’s country, land and culture in a discourse of…

Indigenous people have their own ways of seeing, being, doing, and knowing in this world. According to Richard Spearman, “Kendaaswin is the Anishinaabe way of developing and disseminating knowledge” (Spearman, 2016). Anishnabe people have theorized that the two aspects of reality are physicality and spirituality. In Anishnabe knowledge there are seven aspects: spirit memory, original instructions, acquired knowledge, traditional knowledge, revealed knowledge, mother earth knowledge, and…

National Anthem, and The Rabbit Proof Fence are three such texts that use language to…

underlying factor of intelligence it can become a problematic issue when assessing Indigenous Australians. Gardener’s multiple intelligence theory, along with Charles Spearman’s g factor theory and Lewis Terman Standford-Binet scales are all underlying theories which all address the same issues in the accuracy of assessments. Literature suggest that language, literacy skills, education and cultural norms across Western and Indigenous culture differ which can result in an inaccuracy of…

Education for the majority of Indigenous students is a daily struggle. The author has discovered that literacy in particular is difficult for Indigenous students to comprehend. Harrison and Sellwood (2016) points out, average literacy scores for Indigenous students are much lower than that of Australian students as a whole. The author believes educators are faced with the challenge to adjust their strategies to help increase the literacy levels of Indigenous students. Ordinary teaching practices…

him to create image of nation and the language he used to create such a feeling of belonging to Australia. Then, I will examine the main ideas which he use to promote national unity by unifying Indigenous and Non-Indigenous…

The Stolen Generation During the stolen generation, many Indigenous children were taken away from their families and put in institution and foster homes where they were forced to “become white”. Aboriginal culture was largely lost because an entire generation was taken away, this meant that there was no one to carry on cultural traditions. Despite the horrific times the stolen generation went through, the government and community has came together to try and resolve the loss of culture. Children…

Australia was colonized as a British nation, Indigenous Australians have been represented in a problematic and untruthful manner by many non-indigenous and westernized institutions. In the nation’s healthcare system, Indigenous Australians are presented as being more unhealthy in terms of developed diseases, life expectancy and weigh related illnesses (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011). The national education system, and the media, paint the indigenous population as being…

The inclusion of Indigenous perspective into a quality pedagogy culturally affirms the value, importance and acceptance of Aboriginality amongst the community of learners. There is an infinite array of strategies that embed Indigenous perspective in a holistic and interconnected way, that employ high expectations and contextually relevant curriculum content, fundamentally ensuring a sense of belonging and cultural identity (Harrison, 2011, p. 68; Manning, n.d.; Morgan & Slade, 1998, p. 10;…