consider for working successfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? Introduction Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students requires a number of strategies and ideas which the teacher needs to keep in mind at all times. Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity for their needs and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural conventions. An example of being wary of their needs is understanding the lack of eye contact an Aboriginal student makes with a non-Indigenous
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forced separation from the land have such a devastating impact on Australian Aboriginal culture? For an estimated sixty thousand years Indigenous people lived‚ surviving off the land‚ in what is now known as Australia. On January 26th 1788 the first British to settle Australia arrived at the location that is presently called Port Jackson near Sydney. This arrival marked the beginning of a new era in Aboriginal history that saw over the next two hundred years the forcible separation of
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any better than it was prior to the invasion. Assimilation (1940s -1960s): In order for Aboriginal peoples to be ‘worthy’ of full citizenship‚ they had to completely give up their traditional lifestyle and live and think as white people. During the assimilation period some Aboriginal people‚ who were considered of worthy character‚ had an appropriate work ethic who were no longer associated with Aboriginal people‚were granted exemption from laws that banned them from hotels and cafes‚ and from being
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Question: Compare and contrast the ways in which the ‘natural environment’ influences the understanding of human beings as persons among Australian Aboriginal peoples and Balinese peoples. The natural environment is a key influence in cosmogonic and cosmologic conceptions of human beings as persons among Australian Aboriginal people and to a lesser extent Balinese people. Meyers (1987[1973]) asserts that personhood is socially generated and defined by culture; the conception of personhood in a
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and practices across the Australian continent‚ one of the central characteristics of the Aboriginal worldview is the concept of the ‘Dreaming’. Outline some of the key aspects of this belief system and discuss the significance of this concept for Aboriginal people. ‘Indigenous Australia was and is a multi-cultural society’ (Seminar: Part 1‚ 2010). Throughout Australia there are many different Aboriginal groups‚ each with a unique identity. Although differentiated by landscape‚ language‚ geographical
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000 years ago (Siasoco‚ 2007). The Aborigines’ strong spiritual beliefs tie them to the land (Siasoco‚ 2007).The aboriginal culture is full of storytelling and art. But like other indigenous people they also possess a difficult colonial history. Aborigines called the beginning of the world the “Dreaming” and/or “Dreamtime” (Siasoco‚ 2007). According to the aboriginal people in the Dreamtime‚ their ancestors rose from below the earth to form various parts of nature including animal species‚ bodies of
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Different Aboriginal groups have a common characteristic and that is that they have a similar belief system which is called the ʻDreamingʼ. The dreaming may be well known as a religious system but it does not always convey its true eminence. However it does convey a sense of enlightenment through visions and dreams. The dreaming provides a strong bondage between The Aboriginal people and their land and identity. In the Indigenous community‚ Aboriginal people learned about their environment before
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different places (Costa n.d). This project aims to involve specific indigenous customs to enhance and attract tourists‚ giving them a unique experience and at the same time giving them the benefit to learn about Australia’s aboriginal culture. These namely include mainly dreamtime stories‚ music and dance‚ Spears and Boomerangs throwing‚ artefacts and medicinal plants. Therefore this section will mainly concentrate on the Indigenous culture of the place and its involvement in the project. Background
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The Big Bang In cosmology‚ the Big Bang is the scientific theory that describes the early development and shape of the universe. The Big Bang Theory is the most accepted theory for the origin and evolution of our universe. The big bang theory states that at some time in the distant past there was nothing. It suggests that around 10 to 14 billion years ago‚ the part of the universe we can see today was only a few millimetres across. According to this theory‚ at the beginning of time‚ all of the
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.................................................................................................... 2 Africans vs. Aborigines.................................................................................................................... 3 Dreamtime ...................................................................................................................................... 3 The stolen generation ......................................................................................
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