Useful Websites
Growing Enriched Cultural Knowledge in Our Schools
The GECKOS website has been created by the Catholic Education Office in WA to provide teachers with information, ideas, activities and resources to support them in the meaningful integration of Aboriginal perspectives in the school curriculum. Teachers will find it a useful resource in implementing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross curriculum priority.
The GECKOS website has been created by the Catholic Education Office in WA to provide teachers with information, ideas, activities and resources to support them in the meaningful integration of Aboriginal perspectives in the school curriculum. Teachers will find it a useful resource in implementing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross curriculum priority.
What Works
This website contains case studies of what has worked as well as publications related to Indigenous education.
In particular a report titled Success in Remote Schools: A Research Study of Eleven Improving Remote Schools is worth a read.
This website contains case studies of what has worked as well as publications related to Indigenous education.
In particular a report titled Success in Remote Schools: A Research Study of Eleven Improving Remote Schools is worth a read.
Aboriginal Education
A Department of Education Website with information under the following headings: Aboriginal Education Directorate, Aboriginal Community Involvement, Teaching & Learning and Leadership.
A Department of Education Website with information under the following headings: Aboriginal Education Directorate, Aboriginal Community Involvement, Teaching & Learning and Leadership.
English as an Additional language/Dialect
This is a Department of Education website with a variey of resources which focus on teaching Indigenous students English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
This is a Department of Education website with a variey of resources which focus on teaching Indigenous students English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
Learning Ground- Indigenous Education Research Data Base
This site has over 8,500 searchable books, articles, conference papers and reports on Indigenous
education from publishers in Australia and overseas.
This site has over 8,500 searchable books, articles, conference papers and reports on Indigenous
education from publishers in Australia and overseas.
ACER is an international leader in the provision of quality educational research. As an independent research body, ACER’s expert and objective research assists educational decision makers at all levels in their collection, analysis, interpretation and use of reliable data, and in their implementation and evaluation of evidence-based policies and practices.
ACER has a list of papers relating to improving literacy and numeracy outcomes for Indigenous students. You can access them by clicking on the ACER link above or the icon to the left.
ACER has a list of papers relating to improving literacy and numeracy outcomes for Indigenous students. You can access them by clicking on the ACER link above or the icon to the left.