Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science
Science disengagement is widespread in Australia, particularly amongst Aboriginal students. This study investigated whether embedding Aboriginal perspectives into the science curriculum would improve the engagement of Aboriginal high school students. The findings suggest that embedding Aboriginal pe...
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2016
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| author | Hansen, Jennet Jeniffer |
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| description | Science disengagement is widespread in Australia, particularly amongst Aboriginal students. This study investigated whether embedding Aboriginal perspectives into the science curriculum would improve the engagement of Aboriginal high school students. The findings suggest that embedding Aboriginal perspectives into science lessons improved both their emotional and behavioural engagement. Further, the study found a range of reasons for this improvement. The study is significant as it provides an understanding of how valuing Aboriginal culture can effect students. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-573642017-11-03T04:09:37Z Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science Hansen, Jennet Jeniffer Science disengagement is widespread in Australia, particularly amongst Aboriginal students. This study investigated whether embedding Aboriginal perspectives into the science curriculum would improve the engagement of Aboriginal high school students. The findings suggest that embedding Aboriginal perspectives into science lessons improved both their emotional and behavioural engagement. Further, the study found a range of reasons for this improvement. The study is significant as it provides an understanding of how valuing Aboriginal culture can effect students. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57364 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hansen, Jennet Jeniffer Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title | Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title_full | Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title_short | Examining the Effectiveness of Including Aboriginal Perspectives to Engage Aboriginal Students in High School Science |
| title_sort | examining the effectiveness of including aboriginal perspectives to engage aboriginal students in high school science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57364 |