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The growing recognition and use of Indigenous education methods can be a response to the erosion and loss of Indigenous knowledge through the processes of colonialism, globalization, and modernity. [1] Indigenous education also refers to the teaching of the history, culture, and languages of Indigenous peoples of a region.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy has been redeveloped and reimagined since 1982, with the first Aboriginal Education Policy focusing on the appreciation of Aboriginal cultures and societies. [2] In 1988, a Commonwealth Government Task Force informed the development of the National Aboriginal Education Policy ...
1958 - 1965 NSW Teachers Federation took up the cause of Aboriginal education, opposing segregated schooling and funding a study of the conditions in Aboriginal schools. The findings notably pointed out the need for teacher training in Aboriginal education and commenting upon the disadvantage of Aboriginal children in the education system.
In the late 1950s, there was an increasing focus on the global need for anthropological research into 'disappearing cultures'. [1] [2] This trend was also emerging in Australia in the work of researchers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, [3] [4] leading to a proposal by W.C. Wentworth MP for the conception of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1959.
The Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society ( ACAS) is an organisation in New South Wales, Australia that aims to achieve Aboriginal reconciliation by improving the education of Aboriginal children. The organisation was founded in 1966 [1] and funded by private and corporate donations. [2]
The Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services, also known as Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services and Archives, or simply Aboriginal Children's Services (ACS), is a community services organisation for Indigenous Australian children in Sydney, Australia. The heritage-listed building, also known as Denholme, is a former residence, built from 1874 ...