Examines the impact of Western educational programs and policies on Aboriginal culture maintenance while promoting effective participation in the main-stream society; Aboriginal world view/values and culture domain separation; bi-cultural schools (Strelley and Hermannsburg); functions of Aboriginal literacy in schools; components of two-way schools and curriculum planning and design; language maintenance and bilingual education.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-176).
Contents
Cultures in contact -- Aboriginal world view -- Biculturalism examined -- Oral language use -- Bulculturalism, semantics and literacy -- The sociopolitical context of curriculum planning -- Curriculum design -- Outsiders in social change.