A presentation done to curriculum leaders as part of an overview of the cross-curricula perspectives. It includes links to various resources

1. Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Nuriootpa High School

2. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Aborigin

4. New DECD Policy
Curriculum, Pedagogy, Assessment and Reporting Policy
for Reception–Year 10
This policy is available at
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/teachingandlearning/pages/Yearsr10/curric/

5. Is it important?
NHS doesn’t have many Indigenous students but
– Indigenous students often suffer from low self-esteem
– We have a social responsibility and a moral obligation
to help promote awareness of Indigenous
perspectives in an inclusive and sensitive manner
“As a nation Australia values the central role of education in building a
democratic, equitable and just society— a society that is prosperous, cohesive
and culturally diverse, and that values Australia’s Indigenous cultures as a key
part of the nation’s history, present and future.”
Melbourne Declaration

6. “93% of the references to the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
perspective are in the History curriculum”
Professor Peter Buckskin, Dean: Indigenous Scholarship,
Engagement, and Research, University of South Australia
Is this a problem?
•Is the focus too narrow? What aspects of
Indigenous Culture have been ignored?
•Is this marginalisation? Do we really have a crosscurricula priority here?

7. Issues
Location
Total
Citizenship Rights
Yr6
2
Mabo
Yr3, Yr10
2
Reconciliation
Yr3, Yr 10
2
Land Rights
0
Human Rights
0
Social Justice
0
Employment
Yr8
1
Aboriginal Rights
Yr6, Yr10
5
Civil Rights
Yr 10
4
Self Determination
Stolen Generation
0
Yr6, Yr9, Yr10
Deaths in Custody
Aboriginal activism
4
0
Yr6, Yr10
4
Some
missing
content

8. Cognitive Requirements of the Content
K-2
3-4
5-6
7-8
9-10
Total
Remembering
15
13
5
13
2
48
Understanding
5
9
5
7
2
29
Applying
0
8
0
2
0
10
Analysing
1
5
2
4
6
18
Evaluating
0
0
0
4
0
4
Creating
0
0
0
3
0
3
Total
22
35
12
33
10
112
Some
missing
depth

9. Assuming that we think
this is a problem, where
do we look for
suggestions about how
to fix it?

10. http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/Illustrations/Details/IOP00136

11. http://ab-ed.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

12. Some other links
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in
schools
http://deta.qld.gov.au/indigenous/pdfs/eatsips_2011.pdf
Reconciliation Australia
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/latest/aboriginal-perspectivesin-schools-q-a
Framework for Embedding Koorie Cultures, Histories and
Perspectives in Victorian Schools
http://vaeai.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/000234_caba.pdf

13. Some questions for you to ponder.
– How can we treat Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander perspectives with integrity?
– How should we teach students about
diversity? (try Googling ‘Culturally Responsive
Curriculum’)
– Is the ATSI content in your Learning Area
deep and engaging or just tokenistic? Can
you fix that?

14. And now, over to Penny for the next CCP …
Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia
What kind of Asian are you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ