What Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students and Parents in Northern Australia Say About Effective Teaching Practices

• In Event: 52.084 - Roundtable Session 18
  In Roundtable Session: 52.084-3 - Toward Justice for Indigenous Peoples: Education Research and Praxis 2

Abstract

The study described here presents the outcomes of the first phase of a three phase research initiative which arises to support a move towards a better understanding of classroom practices that have value in the learning of Australian Aboriginal Indigenous students. The following questions guided our research: (1) What do Indigenous students and their parents identify as the pedagogical practices influencing their (child’s) learning? The study concludes by presenting an Effective Teaching Profile for Indigenous students based upon the data gathered in this study that is currently being applied in the participant schools to determine if there are teaching practices salient to fostering learning for Indigenous students.

Authors

• Brian Ellis Lewthwaite, James Cook University - Australia

• Tammi Webber, The Diocese of Catholic Education: Townsville

• Gail Laffin, Catholic Education Office

• Helen Joanna Boon, James Cook University - Australia

• Alfred B. Osborne, James Cook University - Australia

• Cathy Day, Catholic Education Townsvillle