Looking into Indigenous perspectives

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published June 17, 2014

Since returning from an eyeopening study tour through Canada, New Zealand and Australia, mathematics teacher Nicolette Hilton has been putting her newfound knowledge and resources into practice.

Hilton’s study tour in January was facilitated by a NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarship she was awarded in 2013.

“What ...

This story appeared in the July 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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