Conceptualising culturally nourishing pedagogies for professional learning in Australian schooling

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Lowe, K
Weuffen, S
Woods, A
Burgess, C
Vass, G
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2024
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There is a growing body of evidence highlighting effective pedagogical approaches for educating First Nations students around the world. Despite this evidence, and a plethora of culturally-inclusive aligned policies and professional strategies, many Aboriginal students continue to receive inequitable and poor-quality schooling in Australian schools in ways that do not meet their sovereign needs. While a range of culturally responsive / sustaining / competent / etc. practices have been argued to positively impact Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students' educational experiences, there remains a lack of cohesive understanding about the factors at play that impact student outcomes over a sustained period of time. This conceptual paper explores scholarship that has either provided empirical evidence of, or coherent descriptions about, cultural pedagogies to provocate a culturally nourishing framework and guide educators in working with Aboriginal students and knowledges. Beyond general descriptions, we conceptualise what such pedagogies might look like as observable attributes of classroom practice. The aim in doing so is to offer a framework that supports the authentic and effective professional learning of educators who work with, and learn from, local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to actualise nourishing pedagogies throughout the everydayness of schooling.

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The Australian Educational Researcher

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Lowe, K; Weuffen, S; Woods, A; Burgess, C; Vass, G, Conceptualising culturally nourishing pedagogies for professional learning in Australian schooling, The Australian Educational Researcher, 2024

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