Teaching and Learning in Aboriginal Education System

Running head: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ABORIGINAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Teaching and Learning in Aboriginal Education System
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Executive summery
The purpose behind writing this assignment is to present an alternative pedagogical approach
for Aboriginal and and Torres Strait Islanders who come to learn in an Australian schools.
Teaching philosophy is helpful and so is personal learning experience; yet to deal with
aboriginal cultural differences teachers need to develop their knowledge on geographical,
political and cultural aspects of them. The sensitive issues of past are needed to understand in
terms of understanding individual personality. A reflective approach has been presented in
order to undertake a different lesson plan for them in order to develop their competence.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Teaching philosophy......................................................................................................3
My professional learning................................................................................................4
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students and Communities:
experience and suggestion..........................................................................................................5
Conclusion......................................................................................................................9
References....................................................................................................................10
Appendix......................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
This report aims to deliver an insight about teaching philosophy and following a
reflective way it will further illustrate experience of professional learning. The final part of
the report will clarify the practice of working with students who come from a community
termed as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Teaching philosophy
It has always been highest priority for Australian national and state Government to
emphasize on improving the educational scenario for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students. There are no less than 3000 Aboriginal Education Workers across the country who
take part in various initiatives, which support the agenda of building an educational system
for them. The entire community of these people have been disposed due to mobility or
political reasons. They tend to feel a strong connection with the region they used to live in.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, therefore, belongs to different communities,
yet due to disposition they are categorized under one group. In order to create a learning
atmosphere for those students few principles are needed to remember as a teacher. Such as,
despite of cultural and lingual diversities a respectful and valued relationship must be
maintained (Fryberg et al., 2013). Teachers need utmost support from their parents to satisfy
necessities of their children as students as well as students are needed to be active participants
of the entire learning program.
The schooling situation needs to change considering the diverse personal background,
beliefs, moral values, and lifestyle and lingual perspectives of Aboriginal indigenous
community of Australia. As per the study of Ma Rhea, Anderson and Atkinson, (2012), the
teaching philosophy must be practical enough to generate positive learning outcome. At first,
it is required to address the differences of perspective between aboriginal and non- aboriginal