Australian Indigenous Children: Numeracy and Other Issues

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Australian Indigenous Children: Numeracy and Other Issues

Numeracy standards of Australian Indigenous school children have been of concern for some time. Recently, the Make It Count project has attempted to address the problem with a focus on urban Indigenous children. This paper describes the experiences of one Western Australian school where notable succ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hurst, Chris
Other Authors:	L. Gomez Chova
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED) 2012
Subjects:	Indigenous education school improvement mathematics education research culture
Online Access:	http://library.iated.org/view/HURST2012AUS http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16274

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