In recent years Indigenous early childhood education has come into the spotlight, in regards to the importance of inclusion. As educators it’s significant to have an understanding of the background of Indigenous students to enable the best learning outcomes. The Victorian government have produced regarding the importance of providing an environment that’s inclusive of indigenous cultures. These documents include Wannik: learning together-journey to our future, Walking Respectfully: Exploring indigenous culture and reconciliation in early childhood practice and Aboriginal Best Start, Status Report. It’s also crucial to have knowledge of Indigenous communities and organisations. As educators we need to understand that family is the fundamental in Indigenous children’s lives. When teaching children that are of Indigenous background it’s imperative to know the right teaching and learning strategies to enable the indigenous children to have the best possible learning experience. By having an educator that knows the background of Indigenous culture and the importance of the Indigenous community. Also organisations allows the setting to become more diverse and understanding to Indigenous beliefs and views. This approach of inclusion raises some important questions. For instance: What can the centre provide to make the child and family feel included? What practices and programs are available to support Indigenous families? Can I add an aspect of Indigenous culture into my teaching practices? In summary it is important to understand the impact that Indigenous families have on the child and how crucial it is to adding an aspect of Indigenous culture into my own practices.
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...derstanding of their views and beliefs as an educator we can create experiences that are appropriate to the child’s culture. Also as important is to understand the way in which Indigenous children learn and the specific teaching and learning strategies that you can employ to allow the child or children to have the best learning outcomes. Therefore it brings to question, what else can the government do to provide support to Indigenous students? How else can educators be inclusive to the indigenous culture? What is the future of indigenous children going to be like in the next 10 years? Are we doing enough in society to allow Indigenous people to fell included and understood?. In conclusion whether or not you have a wide knowledge of Indigenous culture or not as an educator it is your responsibility to maintain an inclusive environment for both families and children.
This essay will discuss the Aboriginal Education policies in Victoria and Federally and how these policies impacted upon the children of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This essay will further analyse the impact these past policies had on the Aboriginal and Torres strait Islanders’ families and children’s education and how current policies were put in place to assist indigenous students’ access to education. Further to this an analysis of how teachers can implement these changes in the curriculum and classroom.
The inclusion of Indigenous cultural integrity in the curriculum would help build reconciliation (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], n. d; Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership [AITSL], 2017). Graden yarning circles can help bringing the practice of Indigenous protocols in classrooms. Teachers can arrange Welcome to Country and encourage students to deliver their Acknowledgement of Country (Queensland Council of Social Service [QCOSS], n.d). Linking the land and the community will teach students to build respect for the culture (Yunkaporta,
This strategy of developing a relationship with Aboriginal communities can be seen as one of the most important strategies in the regards to the realisation of meeting 1.1.2 (NSW DET 2008). These learning partnerships have been proven to be beneficial to the community on the whole, not only “giving credibility and integrity to the teaching of Aboriginal students and syllabus content related to Aboriginal issues” (NSW BOS 2008, p. 2) but also builds pride and confidence within the Indigenous parents and therefore their community. The NSW BOS (2008, p. 2) goes on to say that for a school to provide authentic experiences, skills and knowledge in context to Aboriginal studies; they must consult Aboriginal people. The AETP (NSW DET 2008) believe that consultation with Aboriginal communities will provide the support and knowledge teachers need to develop engaging and motivating learning environments and scenarios, demonstrate high expectations and work with Aboriginal students in their pursuit of ‘personal
The purpose of this paper is to articulate an Indigenous health and wellness concern such as youth education and how to affects Indigenous populations. Youth education has been a prominent social determinant of health with many people who are from Indigenous backgrounds. Children are moulded into their own beings at a young age and having an influential education from the start is key to a successful person and living a fulfilled life. The reason I have chosen this topic is because it became of great interest to me how Indigenous education is not prominently looked upon.
...digenous students. The historical conditions, combined with the views and attitudes enforced on the Aboriginal race today and generations of low socio-economic status from a lifetime of disadvantage has caused educational disengagement. This essentially culminates in a system where the Aboriginal youth will forever be disadvantaged which has implication for their attainment of higher education, employment and quality of life. Programs to improve the schooling success have demonstrated only small, if any improvements. Greater government focus tailored to the specific cultural needs of the Indigenous students is required as well as better education and training for teachers to manage the diversity in the classroom. Perhaps increasing the skill set in Aboriginal cultural values would place greater importance on their education, leading to increase education outcome,
For First Nations youngsters, relevant education should include education about their heritage. Where Aboriginal children are in school with other Canadians, this part of the curriculum needs to be shared generally, as self-esteem grows when an appreciation of one’s background is shared by others.
Minority is a broad term that classifies my family and me. This term can mean something bad and something good, depending on who’s perceiving the term. For me, personally it is a little bit of both. Being part of the minority group, it can and has been a barrier in my educational pursuit. However, it does not stop me from trying to reach my goals, it is like a motivation.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan aims to improve Indigenous ways of life by starting with their education as highlighted in the Action Plan; the best way to start Indigenous cultural inclusivity is to involve the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high quality early childhood programs that build upon the Indigenous students’ rich cultural, linguistic and conceptual skills as this gives them the best start in life as it promotes early engagement with learning, provides a strong establishment for greater educational outcomes, encourages the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of children from birth and supports children in their transition to school (MCEECDYA 2010, p.11).
To the indigenous community, country and story creates a strong cultural identity and is the starting point to their education. The second outcome; connected with and contribute to their world, is shown through the experience and learning of the indigenous culture and the history of the country and land they live in. Outcome three; strong sense of wellbeing is shown through enhancing indigenous children’s wellbeing socially, culturally, mentally and emotionally through learning about their heritage, country and history through the stories passed down through generations and gaining a sense of belonging and self identity. Both outcome four and five; confident and involved learners and effective communicators are important as they show a unity and understanding between the indigenous culture through learning about the country and stories together about the indigenous
It is also important to keep current with one’s cultural competency of a population, as both the culture and practices surrounding culture may change over time. For example, it was once believed that there were only four major groups of culture (including Native American), and that each group was believed to make characteristics of the client, rather than just a portion of the client’s identity (Bogo, 2006, p. 36). Hart (1999) agrees that in an Aboriginal approach to social work, acknowledging culture’s effect on shaping a population, such as that of residential schools, is important (p.
Inclusive Indigenous education is considered a major step in achieving the social justice and equity in the classroom. Furthermore, when the school implements a strong partnership with the Aboriginal communities, it builds an active inclusion base for all the Aboriginal families to be involved in the decision-making processes. This would reflect in developing the Aboriginal students’ self-determination and
(Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2016). As a Pre-Service Teacher specialising in Early Childhood Education, it is imperative to understand how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were treated in the past and the impact that this may have on Indigenous families in the
CAFCA. (2011). Working with Indigenous children, families and communities Lessons from. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family
Diversity is a value that shows respect for the differences and similarities of age, sex, culture, ethnicity, beliefs and much more. Having a diverse organization, helps notice the value in other people and also how to teach respect to people that might not know how. The world is filled with different cultures and people that might believe in different things as you, but that doesn’t mean you need to treat them any different. It is imperative for people to grasp diversity because it’ll help people how to engage with others in a respectful yet a hospitable way.
In the future, the world will only become more diverse. People should learn to appreciate it by acknowledging the differences around them. Sometimes people are scared that “recognizing differences will divide people from each other. However, learning about cultural differences can actually bring people closer together” ( “Section 1”). It would be better if people became closer together instead of growing apart because of discrimination and other mistreatment. Building relationships with different cultures should be a goal of everyone and even nations as a whole. Each group has different strengths that can benefit the the community altogether. Since the world will definitely become more diverse, it is important to be informed about cultural groups so you can become more marketable and succeed in a diverse world.