The Multicultural Classroom: Learning from Australian First Nations Perspectives. Jasmin Peskoller
ibidem-Press, Stuttgart
This book acknowledges the past and present Traditional Custodians of the Lands across Australia and pays respect to their Culture and Identity which has been bound up with the Land and Sea for generations.
Education can only be successful if students are met where they are,
linguistically and culturally.
Table of Contents
Chapter II Foundations of Multicultural Classrooms
1. Language and Multilingualism
2. Culture and Multiculturalism
3. Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Classrooms
3.1 Perspectives on Diversity in Education
3.2 Implementing Bilingual and Bicultural Approaches
Chapter III Languages and Cultures in Australia
1. Multilingualism and Multiculturalism
2. The Multicultural Australian Classroom
3.1.1 The Significance of Indigenous Languages
3.1.2 The Significance of the English Language
Chapter IV First Nations Education in Australia
1. A History of First Nations Education
2. Foundations of Indigenous Teaching and Learning
3. Proposed Frameworks and Pedagogies
3.1 Eight Ways of Aboriginal Learning
3.2 Culturally Nourishing Pedagogy
3.3 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
4. Adopted Approaches in Australian Schools
4.1.1 Two-way Bidialectal Education
4.1.2 Worawa Aboriginal College
4.2 The Stronger Smarter Approach
5. Challenges in Indigenous Australian Education
1. Current Research Directions
2. Objectives and Design of the Study
2.1.1 Constructing the Interview Form
2.1.2 Transcribing the Interview Data
3.1 The Role of Indigenous Languages