increasing call for quality language education for Australian students, so that they are able to deal with the rapid changes of information successfully. Developing in Australian students’ language skills and inter-cultural understanding is considered as a considerable investment in Australian’s capability (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs [MCEETYA], 2005). This essay will elucidate what role does language teaching plays in Australian schools. It will also explain
the first European settler arrived Australia, there are 250 indigenous languages were used by the Indigenous peoples (Hirsh, 2013). With subsequent of European settled in this land and the popularization of English, English became the first language of Australia. according to the research, there are more than 90 percentages of Indigenous people are using English in Queensland, but the English they are using is not the Standard Australian English, on the contrary, they are using Aboriginal English
Indigenous Australians have faced many changes to their original life style, with numerous policies being brought in. These policies had an incredible affect on how the indigenous Australians lived. The policies inflicted on the indigenous Australians varied widely and had numerous impacts. The policies of assimilation, protection and integration had mainly negative impacts on the community, causing loss of identity, language and religion. The policies of self-determination and reconciliation, had
Indigenous Australians have reported high levels of racism in their lives (Paradies and Cunningham, 2009, Paradies, Y., Harris, R., & Anderson, I., 2008 and Ziersch, A., Gallahera, G., Bauma & Bentleya, M, 2011) but the main focus here is on institutional racism and the effects it has on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, signifies one of the vital barricades to improving the health care of Indigenous Australians. Institutional
made up of mainly indigenous Australians at the official opening of the United Nations International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in Redfern Park, New South Wales. This text deals with many of the challenges that have been faced by Indigenous Australians over time, while prompting the audience to ask themselves, ‘How would I feel?’ Throughout the text, Keating challenges the views of history over time, outlines some of the outrageous crimes committed against the Indigenous community, and
communities must become aware that Indigenous students’ learning and development link back to the three interrelated aspects: past historical Indigenous policies, Socio-Economic Status (SES) and healthy wellbeing. The institutional discrimination due to Indigenous policies resulted in generations of uneducated, or partly educated, Indigenous people (Bonney, 2018a). Educational policymakers must learn from the negative educational experiences of Indigenous Australians and make developed policies to overcome
about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education? 3. Indigenous literacies and Aboriginal English Overtime, the quality of education for Aboriginal and Torres trait islanders has seen much improvement, though there is yet a stagnant gap evident within the English language and literacy performances of students coming the Indigenous culture when compared to Australian students. This is supported by Dr Wendy Hanlen who asks “why do Indigenous students born in this country, many of whom speak English
practice of orality and oral traditions (Bagchi 2012). This essay will firstly discuss the development of print, in particular the revolution of the printing press, and secondly explaining the impacts of the print revolution on oral traditions in The Indigenous Tribes. For each discussion medium and meaning theory will be applied which will allow for a stronger supporting argument. In the pre print revolution era, oral traditions allowed various cultures to be alive and engaged throughout the generations
people are one of few indigenous people left in our world. The Aboriginals live in Australia and have, as many indigenous people/groups, been treated badly for years. However they are being treated better now than before, but as an old group with old traditions it is hard to live in the same world as people who do not live by their culture. First in this article Aboriginal history will be compared to present time, succeeded by/before a description of two issues the indigenous people of Australia has
assessment instrument to assess all Australian students? The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an assessment tool developed to evaluate literacy and numeracy levels of all Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The aim of NAPLAN, since its inception in 2008, is to act as a diagnostic test to ensure all Australian students are meeting intended educational outcome (Wigglesworth, Simpson & Loakes, 2011). They are administered by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
between Indigenous Australians and federal government. There is a significant difference in cultural, language and customs between Aboriginals and other Australians. They are still need to face prejudice, ill-treatment and discrimination in their daily life. Indigenous Australians have promoted a move towards resolution since 1960 and land rights accomplishments of the 1970s and 1980s were all part of the movement (John,1999). In today’s Australian society, although Indigenous Australians are considered
just a matter of language” (Clifton). Many Australians experienced hardships during the settlement of white Europeans. They were thought to be inferior and were forced to adopted white ways. All Indigenous Australians suffered loss of culture during this time. Oodgeroo Noonuccal is an Indigenous poet who expressed this through her poems before her death in 1993. The poem “We Are Going” expresses life as an Indigenous Australian as they slowly began to lose their culture. Indigenous people in Australia
in the early nineteen thirties in Western Australia. The play follows the Millimurra family, of the Nyoongah people, as they experience racism within the small town of Northam, and are forcefully moved to the Moore River Native Settlement by non-Indigenous officials. The playwright invites the audience to interrogate the central ideologies supported by these two conflicting ethnicities through the employment of theatrical devices (and staging conventions) performance piece. Davis conveys representations
also been passed down through the generations via songs, stories, ceremonies and media. To the initial European mind, the Australian Indigenous people had no history, as there was little or no evidence in the form of written documents. Therefore, any historical claims were deemed invalid so as J D Woods writes, “Without a history they have no past”. The Australian Indigenous people had no means or need to document and record their history as they constantly relive their creation through songs, dances
societies on the Australian continent until the arrival of Europeans. They took the lands and forced their lifestyle on the aboriginals. They did what was in their beliefs, religion and traditions. The Aboriginals lived depending on land and water. They had good hunting, fishing or gathering skills. Their cultures differed from region to region. The indigenous Australians that lived along water were experts at fishing. Before the British colonization there was between 200-250 Aboriginal languages. This means
claimed Australia as theirs, and it clearly indicates the rights of the indigenous inhabitants. Terra nullius denied both the existence and humanity of the indigenous inhabitants, and it also separated the indigenous inhabitants from the white people, which today would have been an act against the law. The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 states
The Effectiveness of the Law in Achieving Justice for Indigenous People In relation to Australia, the term ‘Indigenous peoples’ refers to two distinct cultures of people who inhabited the land prior to European settlement – The Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. This population declined dramatically over the 19th and early 20th century due to the introduction of new diseases from European settlement, Government policies of dispersal and dispossession, the era of protection, assimilation
Forcible removal of the indigenous children from their family • Policy of assimilation • Based on the assumption of black inferiority to white superiority • Taken from their parents • Taught to reject their indigenous culture • Forced to adopt white culture • Names were often changed • Forbidden to speak their traditional language • Placed in institutions • Abuse and neglect were common • Policies focused on children • Considered more adaptable to white society than indigenous adults • Half caste children
Indigenous People and Tourism: Australia and New Zealand Defining Indigenous Indigenous tourism focuses on individuals who believe the rights to determine their own identity or membership in accordance with their culture and traditions. The activities used to define an Indigenous tourism visitors are experiencing Aboriginal art, craft and cultural displays and visiting an Aboriginal site or community. Indigenous tourism attracts Interstate, International and domestic tourist. Cultural History
School completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are well below the rates for non-Indigenous students. The target of halving the gap by 2020 in Year 12 (or equivalent) attainment rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students is a major national challenge. (Helme & Lamb 2011) In order to close this gap, I definitely find the capabilities approach relevant to the context of education. Using the Capabilities include a person’s education, their health, their job status