ACDE drills down into the data
In March this year ACDE conducted an analysis of 2016 Census statistics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers and students.
Author: Julianne Treloar
ACDE would like you to Know This?
The Know This? section on the ACDE website will help you get to grips with some basic information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture.
3Rs webinar materials available
Almost 3000 educators registered for the 3Rs webinar held on September 28, 2016.
Why Indigenous education?
Non-Indigenous teacher education students at Monash University discuss the benefits of studying Indigenous Education.
Focus Areas 1.4 and 2.4
3Rs topics and resources are aligned with the Graduate career stage of Focus Areas 1.4 and 2.4 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Video: Why 3Rs is needed
Members of the Australian Indigenous Lecturers in Initial Teacher Education Association explain why the 3Rs online platform is needed by Australian teacher education students.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
9th August is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and this year it is devoted to the right to education.
Glossary Term: AITSL
Glossary TermGlossary: Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Windows and mirrors
Activity: Reflect on the statement ‘we need books in which children can find themselves’.
Design a history lesson
Assessment: Design a history lesson aligned to the Australian curriculum.
Plan a unit on reconciliation
Assessment: Prepare a unit of work to better understand the impact that colonisation has had on the rights, recognition and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Reconciliation timeline
Activity: Create a class reconciliation timeline.
Delving deeper into history
Activity: Apply deep knowledge to the teaching of Australian History
The dark side of colonisation
Activity: Gain a deeper understanding of Australia’s past by reflection and debrief upon the dark side of Australia’s history.
Difference and young children
Activity: Tutorial discussion on difference and diversity using digital and print materials.
Cultural events
Activity: Design a unit of study around the anniversary of significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events.
Our history, our story, our future
In every nation’s story there are important moments—events and crossroads—that shape the chapters to come.
Education, rights and economic justice
Activity: Consider how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia might achieve their cultural rights or economic justice.
Vision
Graduate teachers gain a respectful understanding and knowledge of Indigenous cultures, histories and contemporary contexts, and acquire culturally appropriate skills and strategies to work in partnership with Indigenous communities.
What is culturally responsive teaching?
Assessment: What does culturally responsive teaching for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students involve?