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An Analysis of the Aboriginal Education Policy Documents of Queensland#

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2016

Tricia Lasorsa
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The analysis examines how the documents approach – if at all – several different aspects of Aboriginal education as expressed in particular by Aboriginal women, the traditional educators of Aboriginal children (Gale, 1983). These aspects include:-

  1. – Aboriginal Learning Styles

  2. – Parental and Community Involvement

  3. – The Child as an Individual

  4. – Teaching Staff – Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal

  5. – Curriculum Content – Aboriginal History; Aboriginal Studies (general); Integration into Other Subjects: and Relevance of Content

  6. – Research-based Teaching

  7. – Languages

  8. – Racism

  9. Misinterpretation of Basic Aboriginal Philosophies

  10. – Resources

Type
Research Article
Information
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 36 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1990

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Footnotes

* Tricia has a BA (Communications) from the NSW Institute of Technology and is presently undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Infants (Primary) from The University of New England.
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The author gratefully acknowledges the research assistance provided by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland, St Lucia.

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