Western Desert school 'reimagining' Indigenous education

Mariano Trevino

By Mariano Trevino
Community contribution / June 25, 2018

Science at Wiluna Remote Community School looks a little different to what happens in other classrooms around the country.

The tiny K-12 school is doing big things when it comes to exploring new approaches to Indigenous science education, and ...

This story appeared in the June 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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