This book explores the current state of research on Indigenous education in Australia. In particular, these chapters focus on exploring deep and enduring questions about the failures of schooling to address the needs of Aboriginal communities. This book provides a systematic analysis of existing research to explain how connection to culture - and the recognition of Indigenous sovereignties and knowledges - are the keys to Aboriginal excellence in schooling.
The Aboriginal Voices Project: What matters, and who counts, in
Indigenous education.- Developing a systematic methodology to explore
research in Indigenous education.- The benefit of Indigenous cultural
programs in schools.- Understanding the evidence on racism & Indigenous
schooling.- Improving school engagement with Indigenous
communities.- Professional learning and teacher identity in Indigenous
education.- Knowing in Being: An understanding of Indigenous knowledge in its
relationship to reality through enacted curriculum.- Innovative school
leadership: Impacting Aboriginal student outcomes into the future.- What does
quality teaching look like for Indigenous Australian students and how do we
know?.- Interrogating Indigenous student literacy programs.- What next?
Building on the evidence of teaching and learning mathematics for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander students.- Making a difference in educational
outcomes for remote First Nations students.- Whats the problem represented
to be? Analysing Indigenous education policy as discourse.- The foundations
required for First Nations education in Australia.
Nikki Moodie is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Kevin Lowe is an Associate Professor and Scientia Fellow in the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Rosalyn Dixon is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Karen Trimmer is Professor of Educational Leadership & Postgraduate Coordinator at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
