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Controversial and Difficult Issues in Aboriginal Teacher Education – Some Western Educators' Views of Aboriginal Teacher Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Paul Buckley
Paul Buckley*
Affiliation:
Wallace Rockhole, Northern Territory
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The interviews and discussions which are the main focus of this paper were conducted with five experienced teachers involved with Aboriginal education in remote rural schools in the Northern Territory – the minimum experience being five continuous years and the most being 15 years. Although the teachers have had greater experience working in the southern regions of the Northern Territory, many have experience in the Top End, interstate or overseas experience in indigenous and special education. As all ofthe teachers are stationed in the Northern Territory and all are currently teaching or supporting teachers in remote Aboriginal schools, the discussions regarding Aboriginal teacher training specifically concerned courses offered by Batchelor College and predominantly by the Remote Access Teacher Education Course (RATE).

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Section B: Teacher Education
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , April 1996 , pp. 26 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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