Aboriginal Content in Undergraduate Programs: Scholarship of teaching and learning

Australian Teaching and Learning Council provide university teaching resources of Indigenous content.

Universities are currently implementing the key guiding principles established by the Indigenous Cultural Competency in Australian Universities Best Practice Framework. This Framework was created through a project undertaken by Universities Australia and the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council with funding provided by the Department of Education,

Embedding Indigenous knowledge in the curriculum continues to challenge traditional western perspectives on Indigenous epistemologies and cultures. This paper will initially discuss experiences of embedding Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum at an Australian university. The project was inspired by the Reconciliation Statement which ensured funding through Teaching and Learning Large Grants. Its successful outcomes included the creation of identified positions for Indigenous academics within faculties, creation of a resource hub of relevant teaching materials and consistent documentation and awareness of Indigenous perspectives through interviews and staff development workshops.
The paper concludes by critically interrogating the methodology used to conceptualise Indigenous knowledge in embedding Indigenous perspectives (EIP) in a university curriculum. This paper argues for a thorough curriculum reform if a degree of decolonisation of the western constructed Indigenous knowledge and its living systems are desired.

Anthony Dillon,a researcher and lecturer, discusses Aboriginal curricula at universities

APAC is a project that aims to broaden and deepen students' and teachers' understanding of Aboriginal cultures and ways of being. Includes teaching resources, lesson plans and mind maps.

Resources to support the inclusion of Aboriginal history and culture in HSIE K-6