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Objectives in the Education of Aborigines : Some Aboriginal Views

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

B.H. Watts
B.H. Watts*
Affiliation:
Educational Research Centre, University of Queensland
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A variety of statements made by Aboriginal people and groups about what they see as the aims of education is presented. There are diverse emphases but a common thread relates to the education of children in both cultures and a wish to see the children grow in competence in Western skills and knowledge but also retain their own culture and its associated knowledge, skills and values.

The following sets of statements, made by people from various locations throughout Australia, exhibit concern for the achievement of the basic skills, for education that will permit job access (including emphasis by some on education to tertiary level), for the development of skills to live in the modern industrialized world and/or to contribute to their own communities, and concerns expressed by many that children learn about their own culture, some seeing this as part of the school program and others believing it should be taught by the Aboriginal people themselves.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 8 , Issue 5 , November 1980 , pp. 43 - 54
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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