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Hickey, Andrew; Pauli-Myler, Tanya; Smith, Carly – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
The great possibility of alternative education programs rests in the affront to established conventions that these present for what counts as learning, engagement and the experience of schooling. This paper takes as its point of focus one specific, in-school alternative learning program, and considers the possibilities for student re-engagement…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Risk, Learner Engagement, Transportation
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Danos, David; Turin, Mark – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2021
For a demise that has been predicted for over 60 years, radio is a remarkably resilient communications medium, and one that warrants deeper examination as a vehicle for the revitalization of historically marginalized and Indigenous languages. Radio has not been eroded by the rise of new media, whether that be television, video, or newer multimodal…
Descriptors: Radio, Language Maintenance, Singing, Story Telling
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Lo Bianco, Joseph – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
This contribution discusses some links between the linguistics and the economics of the spirit of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism. Whether it is individuals or various social groupings, or even entire societies, a review of policies promoting self-investment in language ability links to a neoliberal economic and political ethos of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Entrepreneurship, Moral Values, Linguistics
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Smith, Hilary Anne; Giacon, John; McLean, Bonnie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Australia is a 'hotspot' of Indigenous language endangerment, but has a growing number of language revival projects. We describe one such project which is using a community development approach for the revival of the Gamilaraay language in north-eastern New South Wales. As a result of colonisation there are now no fluent speakers of Gamilaraay and…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Choy, Eddy Chong Siong, Ed.; Yick, Lilian Kek Siew, Ed.; Kooi, Andy Liew Teik, Ed.; Wang, Libing, Ed.; Teter, Wesley, Ed. – UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
Building on four years of stocktaking and the 2018 Guidelines on Developing Qualifications Frameworks these Guidelines capture an important way forward to accelerate implementation of qualifications frameworks and quality assurance at subject level. The new Guidelines aim to provide a reference document for Member States to operationalize their…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Cultural Background
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Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh; Carfoot, Gavin – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
This article will discuss the ways in which community service learning programs in music can foster meaningful collaborations between universities and Indigenous communities. Drawing on recent pedagogical literature on service learning and insights from a four-year partnership between Australian Indigenous musicians at the Winanjjikari Music…
Descriptors: Musicians, Cooperation, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
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Kulhankova, Jana – Qualitative Report, 2011
In this study, I address contemporary ways of looking after children and care giving roles women play in today's Aboriginal community in Brisbane, Australia. Data were collected through participant observation and interviews during field work in a family care centre managed by Indigenous women with the staff and their clients. My main contribution…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Females, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries
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Barratt-Pugh, Caroline; Rohl, Mary – Reading Teacher, 2001
Describes a one-year research project in a Western Australia primary school in a low socioeconomic area, which has a Khmer-English bilingual program to develop and extend children's English and Khmer language and literacy. Discusses findings concerning the children's written progress in both languages, and children's perceptions of their identity…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodian, Cambodians
Malcolm, Ian G. – 1994
Activities at Edith Cowan University (Australia) in support of the maintenance of Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English are discussed. Discussion begins with an examination of the concept of language maintenance and the reasons it merits the attention of linguists, language planners, and language teachers. Australian policy concerning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Epstein, Ruth – 1995
This report is made up of 20 case descriptions of tertiary level distance-delivered educational programs developed specifically for indigenous students in three countries: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Included in each case is a description of the institutions and stakeholders involved in each course or program, history of the initiative,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cultural Maintenance, Delivery Systems
Australian Dept. of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra. – 1995
The booklet describes efforts to preserve Australian Aboriginal languages and culture, profiles individuals who have a significant role in these efforts, contains individuals' commentaries on Aboriginal language issues, gives background information on the languages and language groups, and describes programs and organizations supporting the…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Saide, Tom; Lamont, Ann – 1984
Begun in 1978 to provide Queensland's South-West and Central Priority Country schools with a comprehensive maintenance and repair service for most audio-visual equipment, the Technical Maintenance Officer Service (TMO) serves 76 schools with total enrollment exceeding 13,000 pupils dispersed over a 469,000 square kilometer area. Two trained…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Maintenance
Malcolm, Ian G. – 1995
A program at Edith Cowan University (Australia) to develop a teacher training curriculum supporting bidialectalism in the schools is described. Underlying principles of this approach to bidialectal education are the acceptance of Aboriginal English, creation of a bridge to standard English, and cultivation of Aboriginal ways of approaching…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Cultural Context
Chee, Donna Ah; Maidment, Debra; Hayes-Hampton, Margie – 1999
The Institute for Aboriginal Development (IAD) is an Aboriginal-controlled language resource center and adult education center serving the Aboriginal communities of central Australia. Its activities include education programs, which range from literacy and numeracy to vocational and tertiary-level courses; an Aboriginal language and culture center…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Adult Education, Community Education, Cross Cultural Training