“HARMONY IN BETWEEN”

Indigenous Perspectives

across and beyond the curriculum

415,000 square 415,000 square kilometreskilometres

39 schools, 29 39 schools, 29 primary, 10 primary, 10 secondarysecondary

Approx 15,000 Approx 15,000 students (520 students (520 Indigenous)Indigenous)

1730 staff (40 1730 staff (40 Indigenous)Indigenous)

Diocese of Diocese of RockhamptonRockhampton

Vision MissionPolicy

Principles&

Understandings

Resources&

Delivery

(McArdle, 2001)

MISSION

GLOBAL SPECIFICS

DETAILS

Harmony in Between Harmony in Between

VISIONVISION

As educators in Catholic schools, As educators in Catholic schools,

walking in partnership with walking in partnership with Indigenous communities, Indigenous communities,

we journey with learners to find we journey with learners to find meaning for life.meaning for life.

Harmony in Harmony in Between Between

MISSION STATEMENTMISSION STATEMENT

With Jesus as our guide, With Jesus as our guide,

it is our purpose to enrich the it is our purpose to enrich the experiences of all our learners experiences of all our learners with different ways of knowing with different ways of knowing and doing, to lead them to reflect and doing, to lead them to reflect on these perspectives and to act on these perspectives and to act in inclusive and socially just ways.in inclusive and socially just ways.

POLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY FRAMEWORK

MCEETYAMCEETYA, , Australian Directions in Australian Directions in Indigenous Education 2005-2008Indigenous Education 2005-2008National Goals for Indigenous National Goals for Indigenous educationeducationQLD Studies Authority Indigenous QLD Studies Authority Indigenous Perspectives StatementPerspectives StatementQCEC Aboriginal and Torres Strait QCEC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Education Policy 2007Islander Catholic Education Policy 2007Diocese of Rockhampton, Aboriginal Diocese of Rockhampton, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy, 2006and Torres Strait Islander Policy, 2006Deaths in CustodyDeaths in Custody

CROSS CULTURAL CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGSUNDERSTANDINGS

An Indigenous world view An Indigenous world view is grounded in the is grounded in the relationship between relationship between

CountryCountry

law/lore law/lore

spirituality spirituality

contemporary issuescontemporary issues

Indigenous Indigenous perspectives are perspectives are

particular and unique particular and unique ways of knowing, ways of knowing, doing and being.doing and being.

When they are When they are present in the present in the

curriculum Aboriginal curriculum Aboriginal and Torres Strait and Torres Strait

Island perspectives Island perspectives influence:influence:

Culturally inclusive teaching,Culturally inclusive teaching, learning and assessment learning and assessment

practicespractices (how)(how)

Curriculum content and deliveryCurriculum content and delivery (what)(what)

Balanced representations Balanced representations (who)(who)

Culturally and communally Culturally and communally inclusive inclusive

Environments Environments (where)(where)

Supporting documentsSupporting documents

ProtocolsProtocols

Criteria for selecting resourcesCriteria for selecting resources

Using the right wordsUsing the right words

Harmony in BetweenHarmony in Between

Class pageClass page