Baynes, Renee (2016) Teachers' attitudes to including Indigenous knowledges in the Australian science curriculum. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 45 (1). pp. 80-90. ISSN 1326-0111
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Abstract
With the introduction of the Australian National Curriculum containing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures Cross-Curriculum Priority (CCP) and Intercultural Understanding General Capability, there has been a renewed push to embed Indigenous content into secondary school subjects. This paper considers the attitudes and beliefs of a group of secondary school science teachers to the current imperative to include Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in classroom practice. Through a Participatory Action
Research (PAR) cycle, teachers contextualised and conceptualised the CCP in terms of social justice, pedagogy, and student engagement. The PAR process allowed them to develop a personal and intellectual engagement prior to attempting to teach Indigenous knowledges in their classrooms. Teacher attitudes and beliefs are identified in terms of their vision of a science education inclusive of Indigenous content, their hopes for the inclusions and the impediments they perceive to implementation in classroom practice. Allowing teachers the
opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue resulted in the articulation of a path forward for their teaching practice that aligned with their political and social justice concerns.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Access to accepted version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2016 03:03 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2017 06:05 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | national curriculum, curriculum implementation, teacher attitudes, Aboriginal knowledge, science education, social justice |
| Fields of Research : | 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9302 Teaching and Instruction > 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9303 Curriculum > 930302 Syllabus and Curriculum Development |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1017/jie.2015.29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/28300 |
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