Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers Assignment 2

INDIGENOUS
AUSTRALIAN STUDIES
FOR TEACHERS
ASSIGNMENT 2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Indigenous people tend to have less access to and poorer quality of education than other
groups. Their education does not incorporate certain teaching methods that recognize their
communities cultures, histories, traditional knowledge along with languages (Perry, 2018). The
report is based on an article related to the advocating for indigenous voice of education in
reflective format which highlight the detailed analysis about the pre-existing knowledge,
presumptions, perception of indigenous people along with their interpretation.
MAIN BODY
The history of the indigenous has been highlighted in various general as well as expert
publications but it is rarely known by Australians. According to the article, I have identified that
ignorance to such people allows the impacts of historical policy on living indigenous Australians
to be misunderstood or understated by non-indigenous people. The active participation in
training and education is determined by maximising life opportunities for Indigenous
Australians. According to me the students who attend regular classes in schools and complete
their education at least up to 12, have broader employment options along with improvisation in
social and economic well-being. Before reading the article I have knowledge about indigenous
education i.e. teaching through various models, methods and content within formal and non-
formal education system. But after the completion of my study related to this topic I got to
understand that the people pre-assumed that the the major reasons for students not attending the
school specially in remote community schools are the cultural reasons. But according to me
there are other factors as well such as disengagement of students from school and their learning
environment (Walter and et.al., 2018). As per the article, Indigenous non-attendance at schools
vary across four domains which includes, the individuals, the community in which they live, the
family from which they are belongs and finally the school itself. On the other hand, non
attendance may be due to some other reasons as well such as disengagement at school, strained
relationship with teachers, parents are not encouraging their child for school attendance, cultural
as well as community obligations and lack of cultural safety in school environment.
The evidence of the study suggests that regular attendance at schools are crucial for
students academic achievements, specifically in the literacy as well as numeracy domains.
According to my perspective and detailed study, I have analysed that high quality education has
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