TY - JOUR
T1 - Too many 'two-ways'? 'Gawa is a two-way school'
T2 - clarifying approaches to remote Northern Territory Indigenous education
AU - Van Gelderen, Ben
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - The expression ‘two-way’ teaching and learning has a long history in the Northern Territory in relation to remote Indigenous education. However, it is not applied with any degree of consistency; the term ‘two-way’ functions as a summary expression for a diverse array of pedagogical approaches. This article presents qualitative research from the remote, Yolŋu ‘homeland’ community at Gäwa in north-east Arnhem Land as Indigenous first-language, case-study data. It also aims to disambiguate ‘two way’ models as current community aspirations are compared with historical policies and applications of ‘two-way’ approaches from across the Northern Territory. These include Indigenous perspectives, Indigenous learning-style, team-teaching, bilingual education, ‘bothways’ education and domain separation.
AB - The expression ‘two-way’ teaching and learning has a long history in the Northern Territory in relation to remote Indigenous education. However, it is not applied with any degree of consistency; the term ‘two-way’ functions as a summary expression for a diverse array of pedagogical approaches. This article presents qualitative research from the remote, Yolŋu ‘homeland’ community at Gäwa in north-east Arnhem Land as Indigenous first-language, case-study data. It also aims to disambiguate ‘two way’ models as current community aspirations are compared with historical policies and applications of ‘two-way’ approaches from across the Northern Territory. These include Indigenous perspectives, Indigenous learning-style, team-teaching, bilingual education, ‘bothways’ education and domain separation.
U2 - 10.18793/lcj2019.24.04
DO - 10.18793/lcj2019.24.04
M3 - Article
SP - 40
EP - 54
JO - Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social contexts
JF - Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social contexts
SN - 1329-1440
IS - 24
ER -