ERIC Number: EJ979560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1326-0111
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The Invisible Hand of Pedagogy in Australian Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education
Rhea, Zane Ma; Russell, Lynette
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, v41 spec iss n1 p18-25 Aug 2012
The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)-funded project "Exploring Problem-Based Learning Pedagogy as Transformative Education in Indigenous Australian Studies" raised a number of issues that resonated with concerns we have had as professionals engaged in teaching and researching Australian Indigenous studies and Indigenous education. In this discursive paper we air some of the concerns we share which emerge from our collective research and teaching interests. We argue that Australian Indigenous studies and Indigenous education are too frequently collapsed or used interchangeably, and while there is tension between these areas rather than see as a problem we chose to interrogate this and argue for the potential for fruitful intellectual collaboration. This article problematises pedagogy and finds that sustained effort needs to be made to understand how pedagogical approaches to Australian Indigenous studies and Indigenous education are guiding and shaping each cognate area.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Knowledge, Transformative Learning, Cooperation, Problem Based Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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