Incorporating Cultural Sensitivity
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For many educators, cultural competence is a new and perhaps unfamiliar area of focus. The EYLF describes cultural competence as:
‘Much more than awareness of cultural differences. It is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures’. Cultural competence encompasses: • Being aware of one’s own world view • Developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences • Gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views • Developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures. http://www.ayac.org.au/uploads/Reconciliation%20Challenge%20Comp.pdf |
ACTIVITY 1: EXPRESSING CULTURE
- Ensure that any resources used are culturally sensitive and appropriate. If in doubt, consult with Aboriginal people.
- Integrate other aspects of Aboriginal art and culture, such as the oral tradition, the performing arts, song, and dance wherever possible.
- Encourage an understanding of Aboriginal culture as a dynamic living culture which, like all cultures, adjusts to change and has a history.
ACTIVITY 2: MOVEMENT OF ART
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ACTIVITY 3: CULTURAL CREATIVITY
- Recognise how contemporary Aboriginal art can adapt Western art forms and new technologies and media, and still communicate cultural knowledge and express Aboriginality.
- Keep informed of significant developments and innovations in the ways Aboriginal art practice, forms and media change over time. There are numerous magazines, catalogues and newspapers that have current information.
Incorporating 8 Ways
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ACTIVITY 1: EXPRESSING CULTURE
Story Sharing
Aboriginal Truths about the spirit word are explored in this contemporary Dreaming story. it is a tale which teaches about good and bad, and is based on teaching practices which are many thousands of years old. It is holistic teachings as it incorporates: spiritual truths; survival skills;understanding of life cycles; knowledge of the Land; and consequences of actions. The contemporary illustrations successfully augment the text. This picture book's use in the classroom would be in the text that Aboriginal Australia is rich and diverse. Dreaming stories link Aboriginal people to their Aboriginally, for many of their concepts are universal, but essentially are unique to a particular Aboriginal nation. - C. Dorbis |
ACTIVITY 2: MOVEMENT OF ART
ACTIVITY 3: CULTURAL CREATIVITY
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KLA: ENGLISH
LITERACY LINK
ACARA (ACELY1708) - LITERACY
Students will:
‘The Dreaming stories are more than myths, legends or quaint tales. They are the oral textbooks of the Aborigines’ accumulated knowledge, spirituality, and wisdom, from when time began’ (McKay, 2014).
Students are to choose a story and listen to it being read by Francis Firebrace. Francis Firebrace is an Aborginal storyteller, cultural educator, tibal elder and artist. He tells stories of the dreaming through dance art and music.
http://www.gadimirrabooka.com.au/francis-firebrace.php
Students are to write a narrative explaining and telling the story that they have express through their artwork. Students are to explain what their symbols represent or mean and how they were represented in the size and colour.
To further explain their story, students will perform their stories through the use of song or dance.
http://www.aboriginalstories.org.au/aboriginal-storytelling
http://www.gadimirrabooka.com.au/gadi-mirrabooka.php
http://www.newagemultimedia.com/firebrace/
http://murumittigar.com.au/index.php
Students will:
- Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions
- Use strategies, for example pausing, questioning, rephrasing, repeating, summarising, reviewing and asking clarifying questions
- Explore personal reasons for acceptance or rejection of opinions offered and linking the reasons to the way our cultural experiences can affect our responses
- Recognise that closed questions ask for precise responses while open questions prompt a speaker to provide more information
‘The Dreaming stories are more than myths, legends or quaint tales. They are the oral textbooks of the Aborigines’ accumulated knowledge, spirituality, and wisdom, from when time began’ (McKay, 2014).
Students are to choose a story and listen to it being read by Francis Firebrace. Francis Firebrace is an Aborginal storyteller, cultural educator, tibal elder and artist. He tells stories of the dreaming through dance art and music.
http://www.gadimirrabooka.com.au/francis-firebrace.php
Students are to write a narrative explaining and telling the story that they have express through their artwork. Students are to explain what their symbols represent or mean and how they were represented in the size and colour.
To further explain their story, students will perform their stories through the use of song or dance.
http://www.aboriginalstories.org.au/aboriginal-storytelling
http://www.gadimirrabooka.com.au/gadi-mirrabooka.php
http://www.newagemultimedia.com/firebrace/
http://murumittigar.com.au/index.php