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Francis-Cracknell, Alison; Truong, Mandy; Thackrah, Rosalie; Adams, Karen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Internationally many health professions courses require the inclusion of Indigenous health curricula and skilled educators are vital to achieving this. In this Australian qualitative study, 20 non-Indigenous nursing and allied health educators teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health were interviewed on perspectives of…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Health Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Thomsen, Patrick; Leenen-Young, Marcia; Naepi, Sereana; Müller, Karamia; Manuela, Sam; Sisifa, Sisikula; Baice, Tim – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Limited attention has been paid to the experiences of Pacific Early Career Academics (PECA) in utilising their culture-specific systems of knowledge in their pedagogical practice. As a cross-section of PECA employed in a variety of disciplines and faculties, we explore how our Pacific identities infuse our pedagogical approaches in a way that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Pacific Islanders, Beginning Teachers
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Ruwhiu, Diane; Staniland, Nimbus; Love, Tyron – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Indigenous academics are often faced with a balancing act between the danger and risk of critiquing the institutions within which they reside, and the duty or obligation they feel to do so. As Indigenous Maori academics located within three different business schools across Aotearoa New Zealand, our work in both research and teaching is often…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Indigenous Populations, Risk, Criticism
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Bullen, Jonathan; Roberts, Lynne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
While more is becoming understood about the effects of Indigenous Studies health curricula on student preparedness and attitudes toward working in Indigenous health contexts, less is known about how tutors in this space interpret student experiences and contribute to the development of preparedness. Reporting on a qualitative study, this article…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Health Education, Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods
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McDowall, Ailie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
University disciplines are grappling with how best to incorporate Indigenous content and frameworks for practice into their teaching to better prepare graduates to work with Indigenous communities. Yet the pedagogical approaches that can best engage students in Indigenous Studies as a field of critical study are still being debated. This article…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Indigenous Knowledge, Teacher Student Relationship, College Students
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Acton, Renae; Salter, Peta; Lenoy, Max; Stevenson, Robert – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
While Australian higher education agendas and literature prioritise Indigenous knowledges and perspectives across policy, curriculum and pedagogy, enacting this in practice remains problematic and contentious. Often the result is the inclusion of simplified Indigenous knowledges, rather than sustained engagement with and embedding of multiple and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge, Regional Schools, Higher Education
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Neal Dreamson; Gary Thomas; Anita Lee Hong; Soyoung Kim – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Online learning has become a conventional term and practice in Australian higher education, yet cultural inclusivity for Indigenous (Indigenous for the purposes of this paper refers to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) students is insufficiently reflected in learning management system (LMS) policies and design. This study…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Indigenous Knowledge, Educational Policy, Online Courses