Open AccessAutochthonous Education
Author(s) -
Christopher Beeman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
encounters in theory and history of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2560-8371
DOI - 10.24908/eoe-ese-rse.v13i0.4473
Subject(s) - indigenous , perspective (graphical) , bridge (graph theory) , indigenous education , sociology , engineering ethics , political science , pedagogy , engineering , medicine , computer science , ecology , biology , artificial intelligence
Reference is commonly made to the failure of Aboriginal students in schools of the modern West. Another perspective suggests that Aboriginal students are being failed by schools. But neither perspective considers that this circumstance, however described, might highlight what is wrong with schools, in general, and might offer possibilities of change, not only for the benefit of Aboriginal and Indigenous students, but for all students. By refocusing from Aboriginal to Indigenous, this paper proposes educational approaches that bridge culture and cross the human/more-than-human divide.