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How a quality teacher makes a difference for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Louise Bye, Assistant Director, Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate Melissa Kirby, Aboriginal Education Consultant, Bourke SEG . Acknowledgement . I’ll begin with Story…. Deadly dancers.
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How a quality teacher makes a difference for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Louise Bye, Assistant Director, Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate Melissa Kirby, Aboriginal Education Consultant, Bourke SEG
Deadly dancers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opd7n_l_x4&feature=player_embedded
Buluugu ngarru giyadhu yarrugaan may. What does this say?
Ways of Knowing Ways of Doing
In it’s simplest form… • Tell a story • Make a plan • Think and do • Draw it • Take it outside • Try a new way • Watch first, then do • Share it with others
Linking to three Aboriginal ways of knowing as an entry point.
Be aware that Aboriginal pedagogies may vary from place to place and in different cultural activities. For example, some communities may place less emphasis on group yarns and more emphasis on deep listening. Also, pedagogies associated with learning traditional Law/ Lore business will always be far less participatory or democratic than ways of learning associated with mundane knowledge.
Performing is like breathing fire into the process.
Our Aboriginal Flag is Symbolic and means so much more… People Creation Story Land
Cultural toleranceCultural Political CorrectnessCultural exchangeCultural awarenessCultural neutralityCultural sensitivityCultural appropriatenessCultural inclusivityCultural immersionCultural pluralismCultural responsiveness
1400… lets break it down... (on average)Kinder 200 daysYear 1 200 daysYear 2 200 daysYear 3 200 daysYear 4 200 daysYear 5 200 daysYear 6 200 days
Feedback - Prof Steve Dinham If you focus on providing students with improved quality feedback in individual classrooms, departments and schools you’ll have an almost immediate positive effect. Great teachers give great feedback and every teacher is capable of giving more effective feedback.
What sort of feedback? G. Nuthall (2007) The Hidden Lives of Learners 80 % of feedback students receive about their work in primary school comes from other students. 80 % of this student-student feedback is incorrect.
Feedback - Prof Steve Dinham The four questions of students: • What can I do? • What can’t I do? • How does my work compare with others? • How can I do better?