ERIC Number: EJ1038803
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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Building Positive Relationships with Indigenous Children, Families and Communities: Learning at the Cultural Interface
Kearney, Emma; McIntosh, Leonie; Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue; Clayton, Kathleen
Critical Studies in Education, v55 n3 p338-352 2014
Drawing on the work of Martin Nakata, this paper brings into focus the everyday complexities involved in the cultural interfaces that educators, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, negotiate in order to promote children's engagement with formal education processes. Analysis of emergent data from a recent evaluation of a preschool education programme operating in 35 rural and remote Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia, revealed that educators struggle to situate their own knowledge and experiences in relation to the knowledge and experiences of others in both the educational and cultural contexts in which they work. A series of composite vignettes reporting the experiences of early childhood educators across these communities is used to examine the pedagogical opportunities available to educators when they are able to recognise the value of the knowledge and experience of all those involved in a child's educational success.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Indigenous Populations, Learner Engagement, Family School Relationship, Student School Relationship, Cultural Influences, Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Vignettes, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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