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1. Presentation to the 17th UNESCO-APEID International Conference
29-31 October, Bangkok, Thailand
Teachers for the Future we Want
Teaching for cultural diversity:
Australian Indigenous perspectives in
curriculum and workforce quality
Professor Peter Buckskin PSM, FACE
Dean: Indigenous Scholarship, Engagement and Research
University of South Australia

2. Paper
• Australian Indigenous peoples
• Recent reforms in Australian schools
• Indigenous education policy
• Two practical initiatives
• Digital resources and links

3. Indigenous peoples have
the right to the dignity and
diversity of their cultures,
traditions, histories and
aspirations which shall be
appropriately reflected in
education and public
information.
Article 15:1

5. Indigenous people today
• 700,000 Indigenous people
• 21% live in remote areas
• 2.5% of the total population
• 5% of school students are
Indigenous
• 1.3% of teachers are
Indigenous
Pre-colonisation
• 700 language groups
• 750,000 people

6. The majority of Australian Indigenous people
live in urban areas and regional centres

9. Australian Indigenous teachers at MATSITI forums

10. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study
and Career Pathways into Teaching
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander school students
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander adults
Year 12 completion
Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying teaching degree
Completed teaching degree
Application for employment (teaching) in schools
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people teaching in school
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people in
post-graduate study
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander teachers
not employed in schools
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people in school leadership positions
Changed
course
Exited
from
study or
teaching
Credit transfer
Negotiated entry
Post-graduate
entry
VET pathways /
Foundation studies

11. #OurMobTeach: Promoting teaching as a career of choice
Title

12. www.aitsl.edu.au/initial-teacher-education/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-education

13. 3Rs of Teaching (RRR):
Respect, Relationships, Reconciliation
Focus Area 1.4
Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander students
Focus Area 2.4
Understand and respect Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people to promote
reconciliation between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Australians
www.rrr.edu.au

14. 3Rs of Teaching (RRR):
Respect, Relationships, Reconciliation
Development of a unit outline and
content to support the provision of
initial teacher education to improve
teaching in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander education.
www.rrr.edu.au

15. RRR Website RRR Unit Outline
www.rrr.edu.au

16. RRR Modules
Know yourself – know your world
Know your students (Focus Area 1.4)
Know what you teach (Focus Area 2.4)

18. www.matsiti.edu.au/apeid