Module #4-1: Board of Studies in NSW, Australia

I have been searching through online materials about Indigenous education. One website I came across is for the Board of Studies in New South Wales in Australia, which has an Aboriginal Education section. Their website has many examples and resources of school-developed teaching and learning projects collaboratively developed by teachers, Aboriginal education workers, and local community members.

The website consists of different sections, such as languages, art, and support materials for primary and secondary education. The language section offers practical advice and lessons from various Aboriginal language programs developed in NSW since 2004, including examples of units of work, practical advice, and the experiences of schools and communities running these programs. The art section shows an Indigenous artists’ gallery of artworks, along with a Teacher’s Handbook that supports the teaching of the Visual Arts, a bibliography, and PowerPoint slide shows of Aboriginal artists’ works. In the support material section they provide examples of teaching, learning and assessment resources that demonstrate ways in which the Aboriginal and Indigenous cross-curriculum content. The website provides examples of processes that teachers might use to develop contextual classroom teaching units, which connect learning outcomes with the needs of students.

This website seems like a good resource for Indigenous education, especially for primary and secondary teachers and students. Teachers, schools, and communities can use the materials as a guide for their educational engagement to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students.

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