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Aboriginal Education and Culture: The Parting of the Waters?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Alan Meyer
Alan Meyer*
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Abstract

This paper looks at the issue of culture and identity formation in the context of Aboriginal education. The paper provides a brief overview of traditional understandings of the word ‘culture’ before it examines current notions and the ways those understandings impact on the formation of identity. The paper concludes with a look at some of the implications of such understandings for the policy and practice of Aboriginal education.

But everyone needs a home so at least you can have some place to leave which is where most folks will say you must be coming from (June Jordan, 1985 cited in Rutherford, 1990:14).

Type
Section D: Discussion Papers
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , April 1997 , pp. 36 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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