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Teaching Writing in the Aboriginal and Islander Teacher Education Program Applying a Process-Conference Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Helen McDonald
Helen McDonald*
Affiliation:
School of Education, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, 4811
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The Aboriginal and Islander Teacher Education Program (AITEP) is an affirmative action program offering entry to teacher education courses at James Cook University to Aboriginal and Islander students who do not meet direct entry requirements. The program operates with a ‘stretched’ first year. First year subjects in the regular teacher education courses are spread over three semesters instead of two, and students are required to undertake additional subjects - Study Skills and Oral Communications, Written Communications, and Introductory Mathematics during that 18 months. This paper began as a personal exploration into the way in which the teaching of writing within these additional subjects had developed and to provide a greater understanding of the process of teaching writing.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , November 1986 , pp. 21 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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