Teaching and Learning in Aboriginal Education helps pre-service teachers prepare themselves for the challenges and joys of teaching Aboriginal students in urban, remote and rural primary and secondary schools. This book balances the practical, the personal and the theoretical to convey the richness of diversity that is found within Australian classrooms. Features throughout focus on building students' confidence and understanding of the different classrooms, cultural environments and communities they will be teaching in. These include: Personal narratives provide real experience of teaching Indigenous children and explore issues that future teachers may encounter. Learning from experience vignettes from teachers working with indigenous students allow the pre-service teacher to explore the community environments they will encounter when teaching indigenous children in urban, rural and remote primary and secondary schools.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgments Map of Aboriginal Australia1. Introduction: Starting out as a Teacher in Aboriginal Education2. Recognising our History3. Aboriginal Ways of Learning 4. Quality Teaching Practices for Aboriginal Children 5. Teaching Reading and Writing to Aboriginal Children6. Incorporating Aboriginal English in Classroom Learning 7. Aboriginal Children as powerful Mathematicians8. Classroom Management 9. Building Relationships with the Community 10.Teaching Aboriginal Perspectives to Non-Aboriginal Students Bibliography Index