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Aboriginal World View in the Educational Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

David Parish
David Parish*
Affiliation:
Darwin Aboriginal Schools in the Northern Territory
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Extract

The literature on Aboriginal education holds few references to the presence and effect of Aboriginal world view. This brief paper examines some of the literature that does address this critical element and makes a plea for all educators working in bicultural environments to gain the appropriate understandings. Where schools and educators indicate the presence of such understanding the levels of attendance and thus the effectiveness of the programs provided will probably be enhanced. Without the understanding, and even with the best will in the world, much effort will be wasted.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , September 1991 , pp. 14 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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