Teaching and Learning in Aboriginal Education

Question: Evaluate Indigenous knowledge and education practice by discussing what aboriginal educators draw attention to when discussing aboriginal education? How have their arguments been shaped? Answer: The indigenous knowledge is the type of education system that is developed by the local people of a tribal community of an area that is usually based on unscientific and irrational ideas and beliefs. The local level of decision makers is generally involved in the process of making this indigenous knowledge. This type of indigenous knowledge forms the basis of the education system of the aboriginals, who are the native community in Australia. This form of knowledge is based on spiritual and physical understanding of the about the people's survival condition. The aboriginal educators have made several attempts to ensure that their native education system that is based on the principles of indigenous knowledge gain popularity and is able to compete with the ideas of Western form of knowledge and education. The current essay focuses on the methods of evaluation of the aboriginal education system and how the aboriginal educators seek the attention by discussing the importance of their traditional education system. It also focuses on the ways that shape their arguments. According to Richards (2014), the knowledge of the people of Australia is mainly based on the Western knowledge and ideas a large part of the native community or the aboriginals are dependent on the traditional and indigenous forms of knowledge and education system. With the help of these forms of education, it is possible to increase awareness about the culture and lifestyle of the Torres Strait Islanders. The aboriginals are the native residents of Australia and they form 3% of the total Australian population, who are mainly located in the Northern territory, Queensland and Western Australia (Battiste, 2013). The native language is one of the major parts of the linguistics of the aboriginal culture and few parts of the population also speak English as a part of their communication system. The local people of aboriginals are mainly dependent on the traditional forms of education to gain knowledge and improve the skills and general awareness. In spite of the fact that the government of Australia has taken special initiative and intervention methods, most parts of the aboriginal population are denied to get the access to modern education system and thus are dependent on the indigenous education system and the traditional form of education. The issues that have been raised by the aboriginal educators have mainly been ignored by the government and thus importance of their traditional form of education has long been neglected and has not been able to gain popularity. With the help of the aboriginal education system, it is possible for the educators to have proper ways to spread the importance of the traditional forms of education. With the help of the education system within the traditional groups, the aboriginals will be able to deal with the challenges that exist within the system of education. The cultural analysis tool is one of the main important points of the aboriginal education that helps the educators to understand the importance of the study. The traditional culture of the aboriginals can be highlighted with the help of the indigenous education system and thereby raise the awareness to the Western educators. The cultural matrix tool is used in the purpose to make sure that the depth of the perspectives of the aboriginal culture can be used in the modern education forms. According to Dealtry et al., (2017), there are four main perspectives of the cultural matrix of the aboriginal tribes. This form of education among aboriginals has become very popular. The departments of education and communities in the Western region have developed this framework. This model of education has become extremely popular in the New South Wales region. The four elements of the cultural Matrix model can identify the cultural value of aboriginal and also the indigenous knowledge that they p ossess. The protocol, values process and the systems are the four elements that help to decide the education value of the aboriginals. The cultural values and history of the aboriginals form a major part of their indigenous knowledge. The cultural study of the aboriginals is an important part of the educators who promotes indigenous education. The aboriginal educators promote the cultural value of the aboriginals and also their philosophy of life to seek the attention of Western educators (Paquett Fallon, 2014). The education department of the government of Australia has taken special initiative to provide assistance to the aboriginal educators. The aboriginal educators get the chance to interact with the non-aboriginals and thereby get the opportunity to spread the importance of aboriginal culture and education that is based on their indigenous knowledge. The Australian education department is also committed to improving the condition of aboriginal education by enhancing better understanding of the history culture and lifestyle of the aboriginal people. The education report of the Australian education department suggests that nearly 60% of the aboriginal children are denied of basic education. Out of the rest 40% of the aboriginal students who gets the opportunity to get primary level of education are not able to complete their education (Bodkin-Andrews Carlson, 2016). However, with the initiative that is shown by the indigenous educators to spread awareness about aboriginal education system and also promote the cultural values has helped this native Australians to get the benefit of modern education system. The rich philosophy of the aboriginal education system has helped the educators in the process of decolonizing of indigenous knowledge. From a very early period, the aboriginal children and students have been the victim of racism. This has been a major concern for the aboriginal educators as most of the aboriginal students are denied the basic equal rights of education (Bat et al., 2014). With the help of aboriginal education system, it is possible for the aboriginal educators to establish essence of knowledge among the aboriginal students which raise the level of general awareness and hence they can deal with the issues that are caused due to racism. The aboriginal education system is still in its emerging stage and hence proper support is needed from the education department of Australia to ensure that the aboriginal educators are able to deal with the challenges that exist in the aboriginal education system. The education system of the aboriginal in Australia is considered to be one of the most complex systems of government. Due to lack of funds in the education system, the aboriginal educators are not able to spread the awareness about the importance of aboriginal education system. By promoting the importance of aboriginal education system the aboriginal educators are able to collect fund for the aboriginal education system. Proper planning method is one of the best tools that can be used by the aboriginal educators to draw attention of the aboriginal education system (Hall, 2015). There are few basic steps involved in the planning process, which includes three steps. School Success Plan: This is the first step and preliminary stage of the overall planning process. The main aim of this step is to provide and introduce a consistent and comprehensive School success plan and support development and implication of the aboriginal education system. Student Learning Assessment: the component of the student learning assessment is used to identify the areas where Mon improvement can be done. It is essential that all aboriginal education centres participate in this assessment process that will help them to deal with the issues they are facing in assessing the education system. Performance Management: in order to evaluate the importance of aboriginal education system the measure of the performance is one of the essential steps. This will help to identify the gaps that exist within the education system and also suggest ways of financial and economic improvement of the modern education system. The aboriginal educators have also arranged for education partnership programs that are done in collaboration with the Australian education department which encourages the aboriginal tribes to understand the importance of modern system of education along with their traditional knowledge. With the help of the collaboration, it is also possible to raise funds for the aboriginal education system and improve the condition of the aboriginal students. The department of education culture and empowerment of the northwestern territories of Australia has set up education protocol for the indigenous population that is done with collaboration with the aboriginal educators. With the help of the primary education system, the aboriginal educators of Australia have been able to improve the decision making capability of the tribal people. As the population of the indigenous group of people is rising in Australia it is essential that they get all the modern facilities of education which will help them in their economic growth. With the help of the aboriginal educators, the government of Australia has set up the national goal for schooling which was implemented in the year 1999. The main aim of this program was to provide equal educational access to all the aboriginal children and provide them with an opportunity to deal with modern education system. In the recent time, the aboriginal educators have proved that if the about digital people are provided with basic education right they can not only help in economic development of the round society but also can help in the process of overall social and economic development of the nation (Welch et al., 2015). As they originate from native Islands they spread the importance of rich culture of the past condition of Australia. The education system of the aboriginals can also provide a good opportunity for business as more people will involve in the overall process of narrowing the education gap. With the help of education of strategies that are implemented by the aboriginal educators, it is possible to attract potential investors in the domain which will help in the overall development of the sector and establish the education system as a social Enterprise. This will encourage the young population of the aboriginals to hope for a better living in the future and also contribute as an equal part of the economic development of the country. The skills that are possessed by the aboriginal people can also help in darling with shortage of skilled labors in the service sector of Australian economy. Therefore with the help of proper education system, the aboriginal educators can use the skill and potential of the indigenous Australian in the overall social and economic development of the nation. In spite of the fact that the aboriginal indigenous knowledge system is based on unscientific and irrational ways, it is essential for the aboriginal educators to ensure that the positive side of the aboriginal culture survives in the modern days and the western educators can inherit the skills of traditional mode of education. Thus, with the help of effective education protocol, the aboriginal educators are able to spread the importance of tribal and indigenous mode of knowledge that can help in the development of the aboriginal tribes in Australia. By promoting the mode of education among the aboriginals it is possible to gain the attention of the Government and the education department of Australia for making policies for the aboriginal people. It has been seeing that the skill and potential poses by the aboriginal children can be used to deal with the skill and talent shortage in the workplace of social and service sector of Australia. Hands in order to draw the attention of aboriginal education system the aboriginal educators needs to ensure that desperate the awareness about the importance of traditional mode of knowledge. The rich culture of the aboriginal society can be used in the modern day to deal with various crisis situations. Is the population of the indigenous tribal people of Australia are i ncreasing it is the duty of the aboriginal educator's to ensure that they are not denied of the basic educational rights and also be the victim of racism and discrimination which has been seen several times in the past. 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