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Jackson-Barrett, Elizabeth – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
In 2011, three years on from the Apology given by Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd to the Stolen Generations and coupled with the Federal Governments agenda to "close the gap" in education for Aboriginal students, perhaps it is time to retrospectively look at the issues and challenges that have moulded the terrain of Aboriginal education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Access to Education, Academic Persistence
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Hatt, Beth – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2007
How smartness is defined within schools contributes to low academic achievement by poor and racial/ethnic minority students. Using Holland et al.'s (1998) [Holland, D., Lachicotte, W., Skinner, D., & Cain, C. (Eds.) (1998). "Identity and agency in cultural worlds." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.] concept of "figured worlds," this paper…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Urban Youth, Minority Groups, Multiple Intelligences