Michael Christie Michael Christie i(A22098 works by) (a.k.a. Michael John Christie)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Michael Christie , Cathy Bow , Brian C. Devlin , Jane Simpson , Darwin : Charles Darwin University , 2014 7893662 2014 single work criticism

This booklet introduces the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages project, explains the background and context of the project, and includes a history of pedagogical practices in the Northern Territory and the production of picture books and readers in language.

1 Exploring the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Brian C. Devlin , Michael Christie , Catherine Bow , Patricia Joy , Rebecca Green , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Curriculum Perspectives , vol. 34 no. 3 2014; (p. 39-47)

'The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is coming to life on the internet at www.cdu.edu.au/laal. As digitised books and other related resources in Aboriginal languages of the Northern Territory are uploaded to the database, its developers are working to configure ways in which the large number of resources in the archive can establish and invigorate connections between and within schools, researchers, and the traditional owners of Indigenous languages and cultures. We introduce the archive, its history and its possible futures, then explore some ways it might be used in classrooms around Australia. We focus upon the new Australian Curriculum’s Cross Curriculum Priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and the Draft Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages. We conclude with curriculum considerations outside of the purview of the Australian Curriculum.'

Source: Author's abstract.

1 Teaching When Nothing Is Lying Around Kathy Guthadjaka , Michael Christie , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Learning Communities , no. 2 2010; (p. 25-31)
'This paper is a discussion about the key differences between Yolngu teaching and learning and Balanda (white Australian) teaching. The Yolngu child is learning constantly, he is looking, and listening, and there are many things lying around, resources which he can hunt. The girls are the same, they know how they will collect shellfish and other resources. But Balanda children sit in a classroom; they are learning but they are just hearing the story, the theory. Out on country Yolngu children are learning through action, deep learning. There are two layers, one inside, and one outside. They learn the outside story, and they will learn the inside one too, through the metaphor, its kinship and stories. Those are the two different methods of learning. The Yolngu children, if they feel safe and cared for, will have the confidence to go inside a classroom. They have a strong foundation. They stand and nothing there will stop them, no barrier inside will prevent them, they will go anywhere. But the one who has done all his learning in the mainstream, something will stop him. From talking, inside his inner being has been truly blocked.' (Source: TROVE - Author abstract)
1 Aboriginal Literature and Critical Pedagogies Chris Walton , Michael Christie , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , August no. 10 1994; (p. 65-88)
'Pedagogy is an English word meaning the science of teaching. It comes from the old Greek words 'paidos' boy and 'agogos' a guide. In ancient Greece, only boys went to school. Now pedagogy is understood as the knowledge or the science we have collected on teaching in general - boys, girls, and adults. For some people, the idea of pedagogy depends on having teachers who know, students who don't know, ideas which can be passed on from one to another, ways of constructing those ideas and ways of passing them on. In Australian culture today, people must learn pedagogy at teacher education institutions before they can be qualified to become teachers. ...' (Abstract)
1 y separately published work icon N.T.S.R.U., 1941-1943 : Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit N.T.S.R.U. 1941 - 1943 Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit - Text and Photographs from the Report of SQN Leader Donald Thomson Donald Thomson , Charles Nawunggurr Yunupingu , Stephen David Fox , Yirrkala Literature Production Centre , Michael Christie , Nhulunbuy : Yirrkala Literature Production Centre , 1992 8131038 1992 single work prose war literature

'The history of a small and not very well known Australian Special Forces unit - the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit .

Squadron Leader Donald Ferguson Thomson was seconded from the RAAF to the Australian Army to train a special task force of about fifty tribal Yolngu men from East Arnhem Land to defend the coastline of northern Australia from Japanese attack during World War 2.

They were called the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit (NTSRU). They covered the territory north of the area patrolled by the Knackeroos. Their role was to provide Darwin with an early warning of a Japanese attack through East Arnhem Land. They were each paid 3 sticks of tobacco per week. If the Japanese had landed they were to carry on with a guerrilla war against the Japanese using their traditional weapons. Some of these tribal men had been jailed before the war for killing Japanese pearlers.

Squadron Leader Donald Thomson, made the first of several visits to Arnhem Land in 1935 where he travelled extensively to study the wildlife, people and customs of the area. He had lived with Djapu people for two years before the war and had gained their trust. He had a strong belief these men would make a valuable contribution to the defence of Australia. ' (Source: Regimental Books website)

1 Eagle Dreaming Michael Christie , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Dry Season vol. 13 no. 1 1990; (p. 35-37)
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