It is known information that the first standard in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APSTs) is to know your students and how they learn. Teachers must have an understanding of who their students are, their background, strengths and where they come from. For Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander learners it is imperative that teachers…Continue Reading First Nations Learners

Decolonisation and cultural responsiveness are about understanding, respecting, and acting in ways that acknowledge both the history and the diversity of the world we live in. Decolonisation and cultural responsiveness shape how we interact, learn, and grow together in a shared society. Decolonisation and cultural responsiveness have a lot to do with me as I…Continue Reading Appreciating Diverse Ways of Knowing

Being a large and diverse high school I believe that General Capabilities were covered extensively while the Cross Curriculum priorities were covered in specific subjects like HPE (Health and Physical Education). In HPE I remember a unit of our learning in junior being about Aboriginal games. Although we were learning traditional games we also learnt…Continue Reading GCs and CCPs

Luna Scott challenges traditional notions of teaching and learning by advocating for pedagogies that are more student-centered, flexible, and adaptable to the needs of the 21st-century learner. In traditional education settings teaching is often teacher directed, content-driven and standardized across groups of students (Luna Scott, 2015). In the 21st century in an ever rapidly shifting…Continue Reading 21C Learners