Backboards to blackboards : rebounding from the margins ; a critical auto/ethnographic study of the struggle for culturally-sensitive educational pathways for Aboriginal girls

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Backboards to blackboards : rebounding from the margins ; a critical auto/ethnographic study of the struggle for culturally-sensitive educational pathways for Aboriginal girls

This PhD research journey describes my personal and professional involvement with the Yolngu, Nyoongar and Wongi peoples, where I consistently observed Aboriginal parents and Aboriginal teachers express dissatisfaction with the way mainstream Anglo-Celtic education was delivered in their schools and...

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Main Author:	McCarthy, Helen Christine Dominica
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2010
Subjects:	Yolngu Yorgas Program “Girls‟ Academy” Nyoongar and Wongi peoples culturally-sensitive educational pathways Aboriginal girls auto/ethnographic study
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/635

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