Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0775816
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$30,000.00
Summary
Building Teachers' Assessment Capacity to Engage Indigenous Learners. This highly significant study will provide much needed understanding about how to build more equitable assessment practices to address the major problem of underperforming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in regional and remote Australia. The anticipated outcomes will advance knowledge to include more culturally fair assessment practices. National and state policies now require teachers to use standards-referen ....Building Teachers' Assessment Capacity to Engage Indigenous Learners. This highly significant study will provide much needed understanding about how to build more equitable assessment practices to address the major problem of underperforming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in regional and remote Australia. The anticipated outcomes will advance knowledge to include more culturally fair assessment practices. National and state policies now require teachers to use standards-referenced reporting which this study will explore using related intervention strategies. Pedagogic and assessment approaches to improve young Indigenous Australians' educational performance will help them succeed in schooling and in acquiring skills for a more secure economic, social and cultural future.Read moreRead less
The role of Queensland Museum collections in producing knowledge of Aboriginal people from Federation to the present day. The project will investigate the production of knowledge about Aboriginal peoples by the Queensland Museum since the late nineteenth century. The focus will be on the changing role of material culture collections in the construal of Aboriginality. The APAI will analyse material culture collection in the context of nation building and will investigate both the changing meaning ....The role of Queensland Museum collections in producing knowledge of Aboriginal people from Federation to the present day. The project will investigate the production of knowledge about Aboriginal peoples by the Queensland Museum since the late nineteenth century. The focus will be on the changing role of material culture collections in the construal of Aboriginality. The APAI will analyse material culture collection in the context of nation building and will investigate both the changing meanings and the contemporary relevance of such collections to Aboriginal communities. The project will produce a body of research that can be used in the design of new exhibitions that will reveal the true complexity of cross-cultural interactions in the development of the Museum's collections.Read moreRead less