Talkin' bout a revolution: the call for transformation and reform in Indigenous education
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Article Title | Talkin' bout a revolution: the call for transformation and reform in Indigenous education |
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ERA Journal ID | 20008 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Hogarth, Melitta |
Journal Title | The Australian Educational Researcher |
Journal Citation | 45 (5), pp. 663-674 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 0311-6999 |
2210-5328 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-018-0277-8 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-018-0277-8 |
Abstract | The areas of concern (‘goals’, ‘domains’ and ‘priority areas’ - whatever policymakers wish to call them) relating to Indigenous education have not changed since the first National Indigenous education policy in 1989. Deficit discourses, discursive trickery and the inability to report progress continues to demoralise and ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students remain at the lower rungs of educational outcome indicators maintaining societal and institutional constructs. In this paper, I argue that there is a need to dramatically reform the approach to Indigenous education transforming the hegemonic positioning assumed by the coloniser. Essentially, this would take a revolution: a revolutionary transformation of institutional and societal constructs; a cognitive awareness of how language and discourses are used to maintain power; and, a need to privilege Indigenous voices and knowledges to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights in education are achieved. |
Keywords | discursive trickery, Indigenous critical discourse analysis, policy, discourse, Indigenous education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 459999. Other Indigenous studies not elsewhere classified |
450299. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | College for Indigenous Studies, Education and Research |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y61/talkin-bout-a-revolution-the-call-for-transformation-and-reform-in-indigenous-education
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