Indigenous Education

     24 May 2018 Let’s start with a quick quiz: Who is the man on Australia’s $50 note and why is he celebrated? What’s the world’s oldest living culture? What’s the difference between a Welcome [...]

The Conversation. 15 February 2018. https://theconversation.com/to-really-close-the-gap-we-need-more-indigenous-university-graduates-91493 Mark Rose, Vice President Victorian Aboriginal Education [...]

ACDE Analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teaching and Student Statistics  12 March 2018  The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in each state or territory NSW [...]

12 February 2018 In The Conversation today, ACDE Board member, Professor Peter Buckskin, wrote the following article: Closing the Gap on Indigenous Education Must Start with Commitment and [...]

A recent large-scale study has found that Indigenous children share the same aspirations as non-Indigenous children but high-achieving Indigenous students are significantly less likely to want to [...]

Little J & Big Cuz, the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians, is now available. It also features free resources mapped to the Australian Curriculum to support Early [...]

On Close the Gap Day, the ACDE highlighted the critical need to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teacher numbers and the depth of Indigenous Education in Australia. The four-year [...]

Universities Australia has released its Indigenous 2017-2020 strategy with clear targets to grow the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in university by 50 percent [...]

The free ebook, video and audio of the webinar on How to be a More Competent and Confident Teacher of Indigenous Education and Students. Almost 3000 educators registered for the 3Rs webinar, held [...]

ABC Science Show features innovative way of teaching maths with culture. A new method using culture-based storytelling to teach maths to Aboriginal children is reaping results. Aboriginal school [...]