Response to AITSL discussion paper: Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teaching workforce

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Meston, Troy
Ballangarry, Julie
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2021
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The Australian College of Educators: Indigenous Education Special Interest Group represents a collective of voices. In this collective our group finds strength drawing upon the wisdom of Eldership, age (both the young and the old), gender diversity, geographical location, professional and personal experience, and differing closeness to the Australian education sector. As a group, our voices join Aboriginal, alongside others from Australia and as far abroad as Canada, who all hold a deep passion and purpose for the pursuit of social justice within education. Our group’s Aboriginal members are connected to the nations of the Kungulu, Dunghutti, Bundjalung, Wagiman, Wiradjeri, Barada, Kabalbara and Gamilleroi peoples - and collectively, our Aboriginal, Australian and Canadian members live and work across the lands of the Yuggera, Turrbul, Yugembah, Kombomerri, Gumbaynggirr, Murramarang, Wurundjeri, and Kaurna peoples. The Australian College of Educators: Indigenous Education Special Interest Group identifies itself first as family members - daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, nieces and nephews, Aunties and Uncles, grandparents and parents - and in doing so, we acknowledge the primacy of family as first teachers within Indigenous learning contexts. Second, our group members have all functioned in some way as educational consultants inside Australian schools, either in paid or unpaid roles as volunteers, mentors, counsellors, or cultural advisors. In recognising this we draw attention to the deep care parents, families and guardians all play in supporting schools, leaders and teachers to provide successful learning outcomes for Indigenous students. Finally, our group identifies itself as teachers and educational professionals, representative of prep, primary, and high school teachers, administrators and heads of school, and researchers and academics.

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Global Indigenous studies health and wellbeing

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Meston, T; Ballangarry, J, Response to AITSL discussion paper: Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teaching workforce, 2021

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