What is Uncle Ernie's framework?

Uncle Ernie's Holistic Framework enables educators to see the world with all its connected parts. By placing a topic at the centre of learning, Educators must anchor to TIME in order to view the world through the 6 windows.

Who is Ernie Grant?

Ernie is an elder of the Jirrbal tribe from the Tully area in Far North Queensland. He was raised in the traditional culture of his people and credits his mother Chloe, for instilling in him a great desire to learn all the facts about his Aboriginal heritage.

What is 8 ways of Aboriginal learning?

This Aboriginal pedagogy framework is expressed as eight interconnected pedagogies involving narrative-driven learning, visualised learning processes, hands-on/reflective techniques, use of symbols/metaphors, land-based learning, indirect/synergistic logic, modelled/scaffolded genre mastery, and connectedness to ...

What are the learning styles of Aboriginal students?

Eight Aboriginal ways of learning

non-verbal, i.e. hands-on/reflective techniques. symbols & images, i.e. use of metaphors and symbols. land links, i.e. land-based learning. non-linear, i.e. indirect, synergistic logic, interdisciplinary approach.

How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders learn?

Non-‐verbal: Applying intra-‐personal and kinaesthetic skills to thinking and learning. We keep and share knowledge with art and objects. Symbols and Images: Using images and metaphors to understand concepts and content. We work with lessons from land and nature.

Uncle Ernie Grant shares how to acknowledge Indigenous holistic views of the world

What are three 3 teaching and learning strategies that can be applied to support Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander students?

Why are Torres Strait Islanders different to Aboriginal?

Torres Strait Islanders are First Nations Australians who come from the islands of the Torres Strait, between Cape York in Queensland and Papua New Guinea. They are of Melanesian origin and have differing identities, histories and cultural traditions to Aboriginal Australians.

What are the 4 main learning styles?

There are 4 predominant learning styles: Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinaesthetic.

What is indigenous way of learning?

Indigenous Knowledges

Several characteristics are considered common across many Indigenous peoples, cultures, histories and. contexts. Together, these emphasize an approach to knowledge that is metaphysical, holistic, oral/symbolic, relational, and intergenerational.

What are Aboriginal protocols?

OAus's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols recognise the diverse cultures and traditions that make up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, and are based on recognition, consultation and respect.

How do you teach Aboriginal perspectives?

When storytelling in English, look at ways Aboriginal peoples have been telling stories for thousands of years. Create your own stories using Aboriginal symbols. Make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dolls and props of native animals, plants, and foods etc. accessible in the hands-on play areas of your classroom.

What are key Aboriginal values?

The complex set of spiritual values developed by Aboriginal people and that are part of the Dreamtime include 'self-control, self-reliance, courage, kinship and friendship, empathy, a holistic sense of oneness and interdependence, reverence for land and Country and a responsibility for others.

What is an Aboriginal Yarning circle?

Yarning is an informal conversation that is culturally friendly and recognised by Aboriginal people as meaning to talk about something, someone or provide and receive information. Yarning Circles are designed to allow all students to have their say in a safe space without judgement.

What is the indigenous holistic approach?

Indigenous worldviews see the whole person (physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual) as interconnected to land and in relationship to others (family, communities, nations). This is called a holistic or wholistic view, which is an important aspect of supporting Indigenous students.

What are the 4 R's Indigenous?

First Nations and Higher Education: The Four R's - Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, Responsibility.

What are the 5 principles of learning Indigenous people?

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).

What are the 7 Aboriginal teachings?

What is the Honey and Mumford theory?

These are Activist, Reflector, Theorist and Pragmatist. In this model Mumford and Honey describe the learning styles as a continuum that one moves through over time. However, over time, people usually come to prefer and rely on one, or more, style(s) above the others.

What is a hands on learner called?

What is kinesthetic or tactile learning? Kinesthetic or tactile learners need to physically touch or try something in order to learn the concept best. This style is often called multi-sensory learning because tactile learners hear or see to learn, and then complete their learning by trying it out themselves.

What is slow learner?

Slow learners are children whose IQ ranks between 70 - 90%. Their educational attainment is less than 80% of what is normal for their age. However, they are not mentally challenged. They are low in achieving academic skills and often ignored as a part of the school setting, being considered dull and lazy.

What is the oldest race in the world?

An unprecedented DNA study has found evidence of a single human migration out of Africa and confirmed that Aboriginal Australians are the world's oldest civilization.

What do Aboriginals call themselves?

Aboriginal peoples might describe themselves in ways that relate to their Country (including their waters), such as 'saltwater people' for those who live on the coast or on islands, or 'freshwater', 'rainforest', 'desert' or 'spinifex' for people who live in that ecological environment, to name a few.

What did the British do to the Aboriginal?

The lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were profoundly changed by the arrival of British colonists in 1788. Lives were lost and land taken as the colonisers attempted to impose new social, economic and religious orders. New animals, plants and diseases were introduced.

What are the 8 pedagogies?

The framework is expressed as eight interconnected pedagogies involving narrative-driven learning, visualised learning plans, hands-on/reflective techniques, use of symbols/metaphors, land-based learning, indirect/synergistic logic, modelled/scaffolded genre mastery, and connectedness to community.

What is the pedagogies of wonder?

'Pedagogies of wonder'. This involves adults listening to the wonder of the children about their own history, culture and context and trusting children to research this rich resource.