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The Development of Aboriginal Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

C.K. Hansen
C.K. Hansen*
Affiliation:
Cordelia State School via Ingham, Queensland
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Over the past 15 years the voice of protest in Australia has come to be linked synonymously with the black Australian. The nation’s indigenous people have progressively united and, in the strength of unity and growth of support for their claims, have met increasingly resistant Federal and State governments. Unfortunately, the “land rights” issue has dominated the public Aboriginal doctrine, preventing white Australians from being exposed to and appreciating the other important needs and opinions Aboriginal people have.

One of these needs is an education system sympathetic to: past, failed attempts at educating indigenous people; the importance of Aboriginal culture as a socio-cultural identifier and educational issue; and the needs Aboriginal children have in terms of curriculum and pedagogy. These fundamental elements are the counterpoints from which any study of the development of Aboriginal education, within Australia, must proceed.

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Across Australia........From Teacher to Teacher
Information
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 41 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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