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A Case for Incorporating Aboriginal Perspectives in Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Douglas Morgan  and
Malcolm Slade
Douglas Morgan
Affiliation:
Yunggorendi, First National Centre for Higher Education and Research, The Flinders University of South Australia
Malcolm Slade
Affiliation:
Flinders University Institute of International Education
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In general, education in Australia is dominated by an out-of-date worldview that encourages fragmentation and actively excludes the philosophical views of its Aboriginal Australian students. Despite growing support for the principles and practice of equal opportunity and multi-culturalism, for Aboriginal Australians to benefit from education they are left with little choice but to participate in teaching programs that devalue or ignore their cultural identity. To meet the needs of students, education must undergo a philosophical transformation that makes the structure and content of academic programs more culturally sensitive and flexible. All students need to develop cross-cultural skills, including ways of thinking in terms of interconnectedness and cultural relativity within the dominant culture. Students need to be prepared to work within differing cultural paradigms and to have an understanding of the philosophical diversity of Australia's cultural context.

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Section B: Teacher Education
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , September 1998 , pp. 6 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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