Linking learning to community for Indigenous computing courses

Kutay, Cat

Linking learning to community for Indigenous computing courses

Since its inception, problem-based learning (PBL) as a process for learning and teaching has been used to enhance many skills based courses, including education programs at Bachelor College and the Aboriginal Technical Health Worker training program at the Centre for Appropriate Technology in Alice Springs. While PBL is an approach to learning and teaching which has been designed to provide a more holistic educational process for all students, Foster and Meehane (2007) suggest that many aspects of the courses are ideally suited for Indigenous students. In particular, this approach is useful wh ... Show more

Authors: Kutay, Cat; Mooney, Janet

Published: Brisbane, Queensland, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, 2008

Resource type: Article

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Journal title: Australian journal of Indigenous education

Journal volume: 37S

Journal date: 2009

Pages: pp. 90-95

Conference name: Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Knowledge Conference

Date: 2007

Place: Sydney, New South Wales

ISBN: 9781864999242

ISSN: 1326-0111

Statement of responsibility: Cat Kutay and Janet Mooney

Peer reviewed: Yes

Notes: This article is part of a special supplementary issue ‘Indigenous studies - Indigenous knowledge: navigating the interface’, guest edited by Professor Martin Nakata, that presents a selection of papers from the 2007 Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Knowledge Conference held at the University of Technology, Sydney on 11-13 July 2007.

Document number: TD/TNC 94.647

Subjects: Technology Indigenous people Culture and society Teaching and learning

Keywords: Teaching method Cultural factor Learning method

Geographic subjects: Oceania Australia

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