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Unknown and Unknowing Possibilities: Transformative Learning, Social Justice, and Decolonising Pedagogy in Indigenous Australian Studies
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Mackinlay, Elizabeth; Barney, Katelyn – Journal of Transformative Education, 2014
For tertiary educators in Indigenous Australian Studies, decolonising discourse in education has held much promise to make space for the diversity of Indigenous Australian peoples to be included, accessed, understood, discussed, and engaged with in meaningful ways. However, Tuck and Yang provide us with the stark reminder that decolonisation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Social Justice, Social Change
PEARLs, Problems and Politics: Exploring Findings from Two Teaching and Learning Projects in Indigenous Australian Studies at the University of Queensland
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Mackinlay, Elizabeth; Barney, Katelyn – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2014
This article explores the implementation of PEARL (Political, Embodied, Active, and Reflective Learning) in two courses at The University of Queensland: a first-year introductory Indigenous Studies course and a second year Indigenous Education course. We draw on findings from a 2-year (2010-2011) Office for Learning and Teaching (then ALTC) funded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Introductory Courses
Pearls, Not Problems: Exploring Transformative Education in Indigenous Australian Studies
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Mackinlay, Elizabeth; Barney, Katelyn – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2012
This article explores the shift in terminology that occurred in a 2-year Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)-funded curriculum renewal project that set out to broadly explore current teaching and learning practice in Indigenous Australian studies (www.teaching4change.edu.au). While we started with the term "Problem-Based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Program Descriptions, Teaching Methods
Creating Rainbows from Words and Transforming Understandings: Enhancing Student Learning through Reflective Writing in an Aboriginal Music Course
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Barney, Katelyn; Mackinlay, Elizabeth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Reflective journal writing is acknowledged as a powerful method for promoting student learning in higher education contexts. Numerous scholars highlight the benefits of reflective writing and journaling for students and teachers in a wide range of teaching areas. There is however, little discussion of how reflective writing is used in teaching and…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Indigenous Populations, Music Education, Reflection