Transforming Indigenous Higher Education: Privileging Culture, Identity and Self-Determination

By: Marion Kickett and Pat Dudgeon and Trevor Satour and Darryl Kickett and Anita Lee Hong and Glenis Grogan and Dennis Eggington and Jill Abdullah and Melony Darroch and Rae-Lee Griffin and Roz Walker and Ernie Stringer

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Synopsis: An engaging guide for future best-practice, this book provides an illuminating account of how the innovative programs of education and research at one Centre for Aboriginal Studies made a demonstrably positive difference in the lives of Indigenous students.　 Written by the experts involved, the book provides detailed descriptions of these ground-breaking education and research programs that saw an increase in the number of Indigenous graduates emerging from the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University. Each chapter documents a different stage in the development and delivery of these programs and demonstrates how innovative and culturally appropriate principles of teaching, learning and organizational processes empowered participants to make a real difference in the lives of their families and communities. The book also addresses the challenges faced by such programs and the counterproductive pressures of market-based economic policies, highlighting the need to create an environment attuned to Aboriginal desires for social justice, self-management and self-determination.　 As a celebration of genuine success in higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and a guide on how to improve practice in the future, this book is an essential resource for all professionals and policy makers looking to make a real difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 214 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000817287
Related ISBNs:: 9781003323372, 9781032346953, 9781032346946
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/14/23
Copyrighted By:: Marion Kickett, Pat Dudgeon, Trevor Satour, Darryl Kickett, Anita Lee Hong, Glenis Grogan, Dennis Eggington, Jill Abdullah, Melony Darroch, Rae-Lee Griffin, Roz Walker, Ernie Stringer. The right of Marion Kickett, Pat Dudgeon, Trevor Satour, Darryl Kickett
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.