CHCEDS024: Using Educational Strategies to Support Indigenous Students

This assignment addresses key aspects of supporting Indigenous students in educational settings, focusing on the CHCEDS024 unit. It explores the characteristics of a positive learning environment, communication strategies, and pastoral care. The assignment also delves into the history and culture of Indigenous peoples, LLN (Language, Literacy, and Numeracy) teaching strategies, and barriers to learning faced by Indigenous students. It references several videos and resources, including those related to Indigenous education in Canada, the USA, and New Zealand, and examines the importance of cultural context, community, and intentional teaching. The assignment also includes questions about discrimination, the Montessori education approach, and hearing loss in Indigenous children, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities in Indigenous education.

Observation Checklist
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What is a positive learning
environment?
A positive learning environment is a
setting that helps students establish a
sense of trust and belonging, and also
encourages them to tackle different
challenges, while asking questions. Such
positive learning environment provides
pertinent content, distinct learning
objectives, feedback, and occasion to
enhance social skills, which are
imperative for the success of students.
These environment also help students
admit their mistakes, while taking
accountability for their actions
(Zaragoza & Fraser, 2017).
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Tell me what you know about your
local indigenous people, in terms of
culture and history
The history of local indigenous people
dates back to 65,000 years ago, when
they populated Australia, and it is
anticipated that an estimated 1.6 billion
people lived in Australia before the
British colonisation. They lived in
permanent villages and areas where
fishing played an important role in their
existence. They were semi-nomadic,
dependent on seasonal food, hunter-
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gatherer, and had multifaceted kinship
structure (Griffiths, Russell & Roberts,
2017).
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What are some communication
strategies that you can use when
working with indigenous students in
school?
Some communication strategies are
namely, knowing their cultural needs,
avoiding direct eye contact, encouraging
hands on learing, using visual cues
during teaching, viewing the kids as
individuals, displaying sensitivity
towards culture, and relating learning
sessions to their community and
environment.
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What is pastoral care?
This is an ancient spiritual and emotional
support model and is generally applied
in schools with the aim of ensuring
optimal emotional and physical welfare
of the children (Hunt & May, 2018).
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What are Indigenous self-help
organizations in the NT?
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and
Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern
Territory (APO NT)
National Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation
(NACCHO)
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What are some LLN teaching and
learning strategies that you can use
when working with indigenous
students in school?
 Using mathematics in an
effective manner for meeting the
general life demands
 Underpinning mathematical
skills and concepts across
different disciplines (Conway,
2016)
 Enhancing general thinking ski;;s
 Using grounded appreciation
 Engaging in numerical talk
 Inculcating concepts of equality,
sharing, and proportion
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What are some barriers to learning for
Indigenous students?
 English is not their first language
 Stories used in teaching materials
cannot be related to Aboriginal
culture
 Lack of representativeness in
study resources
 Momentary appearance of
Aboriginal people in textbooks
 Few Aborignal teachers
 Poor teaching quality
 Missing role model (Martin et al.,
2017)
 Not allowing the Aboriginal
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students to dream
 Lack of education in parents
References
Conway, L. (2016). Delivering on policy: strategy influences on teaching, learning and formal
assessment. Fine Print, 39(3), 14.
Griffiths, B., Russell, L., & Roberts, R. G. (2017). Friday essay: when did Australia's human history
begin?.
Hunt, K., & May, B. (2018). Grief without God: Religious inequalities in prison pastoral care.
Martin, G., Nakata, V., Nakata, M., & Day, A. (2017). Promoting the persistence of Indigenous
students through teaching at the Cultural Interface. Studies in Higher Education, 42(7), 1158-
1173.
Zaragoza, J. M., & Fraser, B. J. (2017). Field-study science classrooms as positive and enjoyable
learning environments. Learning Environments Research, 20(1), 1-20.
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