My People's Dreaming : An Aboriginal Elder Speaks on Life, Land, Spirit and Forgiveness
Sydney
:
Finch
,
2009
Z1648413
2009
single work
life story
(taught in 3 units)
'The teachings I reveal in this book are the living treasures of my life. The traditional knowledge I talk about includes Creation Dreaming, bush lore, foods and healing, laws and punishment, spirituality and relationship to the land. These are some of the things taught to me by my teachers, my masters. And I will never forget them. They made me look at the Mother with ancient eyes. Not mine. But with ancient eyes and now it is my turn to pass on what I know.' Source: My People's Dreaming: An Aboriginal Elder Speaks on Life, Land, Spirit and Forgiveness (2009)
This subject immerses itself within Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, the Quality Teaching Framework and Aboriginal peoples/communities Ways of Behaving. This supportive subject will provide opportunities for students to engage in practical 'hands on' experiences. A major focus of the subject is a field trip to a significant Aboriginal 'place'. Students will experience Aboriginal Ways of Learning with 'Country' through an Elder. The excursion experience and the subject content will assist pre-service teachers to engage in and teach Aboriginal perspectives and utilising Aboriginal pedagogies. More importantly the subject will assist pre-service teachers in their understanding of and relationship with Country and Aboriginal people to ultimately develop skills to enhance the delivery of meaningful Aboriginal educational approaches for all students in our schools.
