Opinion: Teaching in mother tongue key to engaging indigenous students | The Courier-Mail
First Peoples Worldwide amb Bae Fely Dacky Gahan
"What is it about Australia that we cannot accommodate indigenous
culture in our schools and provide a culturally safe place for children
to learn? Are we really still engaged in the outdated
fantasy of a White Australia where everyone will speak Standard
Australian English? Children in indigenous communities have the right to
be taught to read and write using the language that they are most
familiar with – their own language."
Teaching in mother tongue key to engaging indigenous students: bit.ly/1pLZ8w1
What is it about Australia that we
cannot accommodate indigenous culture in our schools and provide a
culturally safe place for children to learn?
