EDU10005 Indigenous Education and Perspectives Assignment

Assessment context

The purpose of this assignment is to build and extend your professional resources by drawing on learning about Indigenous culture, history, education and perspectives. A portfolio is a demonstration of your professional growth and improvement as a teacher as well as a useful place to store and curate ideas, examples and a place for reflection. You will have an opportunity to plan authentic learning experiences, putting into practice your learnings from this unit and creating something you can share with children and young people to help them learn about Indigenous people and perspectives.

You can use this portfolio to demonstrate that you have met the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate):

Standard 1: Know students and how they learn

Focus Area 1.4: Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

• Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the impact of culture, cultural identity and linguistic background on the education of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

Focus Area 2.4: Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

• Demonstrate broad knowledge of, understanding and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages.

Related learning outcomes

This task is assessing your ability to meet the following unit learning outcomes:

3. Identify how indigenous education and perspectives aligns with teachers’ professional role as advocates for children and their families.

6. Plan authentic learning experiences that enable all children and young people to learn about Indigenous people and perspectives.

Assessment details

Develop a portfolio based on the learning from this unit that supports your work as a graduate teacher. Your portfolio should comprise the following:

Planning – Two lesson plans using the template provided.

You must develop one plan for Early Childhood Education and one plan for Primary School.

• An outline/plan of an authentic learning experience for prior to school age children (800 words). This plan must clearly focus on the concept of Identity and Culture.
• An outline/plan of an authentic learning experience for Primary school age children (800 words). This plan must clearly focus on the concepts of Respect and Reconciliation.

Curriculum Frameworks

You will also need to reference relevant State or National Curriculum’s within your lesson plans; these include:

• Early Childhood
• The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework or
• Belonging, Being and Becoming. The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia Primary School
• The Victorian Curriculum (F-10) or the Australian Curriculum F-10