Confronting Indigenous educational disadvantage: A Kimberley perspective, authored by Dr Lorraine Hammond AM, Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, outlines ...
Constructivist approaches not helping remote Indigenous learners: report
Misguided ideological beliefs continue to hang over Indigenous education, leaving children “pigeonholed into a racially-defined pedagogy” rather than an evidenced-based one, a new report from The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) has argued.
School success in remote Indigenous communities relies on a commitment to direct and explicit instruction; a focus on early literacy; high expectations; a focus on attendance; integrated pre-schooling programmes; and community engagement, a CIS report has argued.