Reflections on My Years at Elcho and Mäpuru (1978–2015)

John Greatorex

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Abstract

For close to 40 years John Greatorex has worked with Yolŋu people in North East Arnhem Land. In this reflective chapter, John discusses the experiences that have shaped his thinking as an educator while working on Galiwin’ku at Elcho Island, in the Yolŋu Studies program at Charles Darwin University and collaborating with a small Yolŋu township to establish and then teach at Mäpuru, a small independent school. This chapter considers ways in which communities can develop better commercial understandings so that they can handle mainstream transactions while at the same time asserting teaching and learning in their own languages and on their own country.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHistory of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory
Subtitle of host publicationPeople, Programs and Policies
EditorsBrian Clive Devlin, Samantha Disbray, Nancy Regine Friedman Devlin
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer Nature
Chapter27
Pages331-345
Number of pages15
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-981-10-2078-0
ISBN (Print)978-981-10-2076-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

Publication series

NameLanguage Policy(Netherlands)
Volume12
ISSN (Print)1571-5361

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