Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ways of Knowing (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards

Sophisticated learning systems developed over 1000s of years

Focus on HOW Indigenous think/learn, not just WHAT they know

Highly integrated - all aspects of culture connect together

Deep respect for ecology & connected relationship with land

First Nations children forcibly removed from their communities

Indigenous learning system involving continual story sharing

To do with body movement or sensation

Learning drawn from landscape with connections to place

Learning phases in order that best suits that moment

Working together respectfully, not competitively