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Articles on Indigenous education
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A group of school students have just shown what real leadership looks like on Indigenous issues – and you'll hear more about their ideas in coming months at your local school, childcare centre or uni.
Denied an education in 1930s Australia because she was too black, Isabel Flick went on to fight segregation at her local cinema in the early 1960s. She became a powerful campaigner for Indigenous rights.
The program we’ve developed led to a 96% completion rate for one group of Aboriginal TAFE students.
When it comes to teaching Indigenous students, Australia could learn much from New Zealand.
Flexischools appear to be doing Indigenous education better than mainstream schooling. To close the gap in education, we should look at what these schools are doing and apply it in the mainstream.
Innovative teaching resources in the province of Manitoba, Canada, introduce schoolchildren to concepts of interdependence and reciprocity with the land.
Wilful under-funding of Indigenous education is producing an Indigenous underclass.
While we may need to rethink how we use NAPLAN, it is an important and useful tool for researchers and policy makers.
Education systems around the world are increasingly recognising the value of local approaches to thinking, learning and being.
The role of universities in the shameful Indian residential school system needs to be addressed. The president of one of Canada's leading universities explains why it's time to apologize.
Where else but on the sports field can an under-educated and even a troubled Aboriginal youth achieve celebrity status and social mobility?
Students from the Philippines, China and India consistently achieve better results at school than their Australian-born counterparts. This is due to a number of factors, including parents' values.
When it comes to increasing Indigenous Australians' participation in higher education, we could take a leaf from our neighbour's book.
A greater focus on education in all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life would advance tangible and sustainable change.
The failed and continually failing political leadership on respect, relationships and reconciliation sets back the quality of current and future education for all Australians.
Using equivalent year levels provides us with a clearer picture of the gap for Indigenous students, who can be up to an equivalent of 7.7 years behind their non-Indigenous counterparts in writing.
The year 2017 is finally coming to an end, so here's a wrap of our coverage for the year, with bonus quiz!
Schooling has historically been used to control Indigenous peoples, rather than to liberate or educate them.
The gap between academic achievement for Indigenous and non-indigenous learners is growing. First Nations education authorities could provide a strategic solution.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Fellow, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University
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Indigenous policy analyst & researcher, Australian National University
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Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, School of Education and Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Victoria University
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Honorary Professor of Education, Victoria University
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Early Childhood Development, University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Sociology & Anthropology, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
