Aboriginal Education and Culture: The Parting of the Waters?
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AbstractThis paper looks at the issue of culture and identity formation in the context of Aboriginal education. The paper provides a brief overview of traditional understandings of the word ‘culture’ before it examines current notions and the ways those understandings impact on the formation of identity. The paper concludes with a look at some of the implications of such understandings for the policy and practice of Aboriginal education.
But everyone needs a home so at least you can have some place to leave which is where most folks will say you must be coming from (June Jordan, 1985 cited in Rutherford, 1990:14).
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