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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Suitability and Acceptability of the Think-Aloud Method to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adults

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2023
Background There is a long history of research being conducted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that has offered questionable benefit but occasioned great distress and distrust.
Alana Gall, Kirsten Howard, Kate Anderson, Abbey Diaz, Gail Garvey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols

, 2021
The University of Sydney Library is committed to embedding culturally competent practice in what we do. In 2019, the Library undertook a cultural audit involving 24 Library staff, 19 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University of Sydney academic and professional staff, and 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
University of Sydney Library, Sentance, Nathan   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Cultural matter in the development of an interactive multimedia self-paced educational health program for aboriginal health workers [PDF]

, 2011
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander health workers are key providers of primary health services to Aboriginal communities especially in remote and rural areas. They are often overloaded with competing demands.
El Sayed, Faeka, Soar, Jeffrey, Wang, Zoe   +2 more
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recall of anti-tobacco advertising and information, warning labels and news stories in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: To describe recall of anti-tobacco advertising (mainstream and targeted), pack warning labels, and news stories among a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers, and to assess the association of these messages with ...
Borland, Ron, Nicholson, Anna K., Sarin, Jasmine, Stevens, Matthew, Thomas, David P., van der Sterren, Anke E., Wallace, Sharon   +6 more
core   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Generating evidence to inform responsive and effective actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health and well-being: a mix method protocol for evidence integration ‘the Roadmap Project’

BMJ Open
Background Australia does not have a national strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health and as a result, policy and programming actions are fragmented and may not be responsive to needs. Efforts to date have also rarely engaged
Alex Brown, Peter Azzopardi, Jaameeta Kurji, Karla Canuto, Rachel Reilly, Seth Westhead, Odette Pearson, Daniel McDonough, Salenna Elliott, India Shackleford, Brittney Andrews, Felicity Andrews, Sally Cooke, Mahlia Garay, Thomas Harrington, Corey Kennedy, Jaeda Lenoy, Monique Maclaine, Hannah McCleary, Lorraine Randall, Hamish Rose, Daniel Rosendale, Jakirah Telfer, Tina Brodie, James Charles   +24 more
doaj   +1 more source