The cultural interface

Nakata, Martin

The cultural interface

For a while now I have been researching and writing about Australian Indigenous education issues. Like you all, I have seen much good work and learnt much from what is going on across the country and internationally to improve outcomes for Indigenous learners in formal education processes. And still we go on with the struggle and with the limitations that Western sciences and practices place on us in the process. This paper draws together theoretical propositions from the work we have been progressing for the higher education sector over the past decade and to point to some foundational princi ... Show more

Authors: Nakata, Martin

Published: Brisbane, Queensland, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, 2007

Resource type: Article

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Journal title: Australian journal of Indigenous education

Journal volume: 36S

Journal date: 2007

Pages: pp. 7-14

Conference name: Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Knowledge Conference

Date: 2006

Place: Gold Coast, Queensland

ISSN: 1326-0111

Statement of responsibility: Martin Nakata

Peer reviewed: Yes

Notes: This article is part of a special supplementary issue ‘(Re)contesting Indigenous knowledges and Indigenous studies’, guest edited by Sandra Phillips, Jean Phillips, Sue Whatmore and Juliana McLaughlin, that presents a selection of papers from the 2006 Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Knowledge Conference held on the Gold Coast in June 2006.

Document number: TD/TNC 99.142

Subjects: Higher education Skills and knowledge Culture and society Teaching and learning

Keywords: Cultural aspects Indigenous education

Geographic subjects: Oceania Australia

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