Promoting Indigenous Participation at Tertiary Institutions: Past Attempts and Future Strategies

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Whatman
Keyword(s):  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
National Statistics ◽  
Indigenous Participation ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
And Training

Since 1967, enormous progress has been made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia in gaining access to, and participating in, tertiary education. National statistics provided by the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET, 1992), show that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are enrolling in, and graduating from, a wider variety of courses in ever increasing numbers.

scholarly journals Getting A Job

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronwyn Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Aboriginal Women ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Indigenous Participation ◽  
Torres Strait

Indigenous participation in employment has long been seen as an indicator of Indigenous economic participation in Australia. Researchers have linked participation in employment to improved health outcomes, increased education levels and greater self-esteem. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Indigenous workforce policies and employment strategies as employers and industries attempt to employ more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Coupled with this has been a push to employ more Indigenous people in specific sectors to address the multiple layers of disadvantage experienced by Indigenous people, for example, the health sector. This paper draws on interview discussions with Aboriginal women in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, along with findings from the research of others to offer a greater understanding of the mixed benefits of increased Indigenous employment. What is demonstrated is that the nature of Indigenous employment is complex and not as simple as ‘just getting a job’.

Training for Life and Healing: The Systemic Empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men and Women Through Vocational Education and Training

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-192
Author(s):  
Anne Stephens ◽  
Davena Monro
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Indigenous Mental Health ◽  
And Training

This paper integrates the findings of two evaluations into the effectiveness of human health workforce training delivery and outcomes. In the period 2012–2015, Wontulp-Bi-Buya College ran the Certificate III in Addictions Management and Community Development and the Certificate IV in Indigenous Mental Health: Suicide Prevention. The key findings are presented under three thematic areas: personal to community wellbeing, enrolment and completion and withdrawal and employment and voluntary sector engagement. The outcomes of both evaluations are combined to build a picture of successful course delivery, satisfaction and completion rates that well exceed the national average. The significant contribution the authors draw from these is the problematisation and theorising of the concept of ‘empowerment’. A term claimed by the College in its mission statement, the term ‘systemic empowerment’ has been co-developed with the College to both reclaim the concept of empowerment and to make sense of the personal and collective empowerment approach that serves as a framework for the trainer's pedagogy and course structures. Systemic empowerment contributes to the Colleges’ theory of change to tackle very important contemporary social and political issues holistically and at their root and serves as an important model of adult vocational education and training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

The Road Forward? Alternative Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students at the Tertiary Level

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Christensen ◽  
Ian Lilley
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
The Road ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Torres Strait

This report looked at the important, but contentious issue of alternative assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying at the tertiary level. Presented below, its findings give expression to the views of 47 respondents, chosen from Indigenous communities, Commonwealth and State Government departments, the tertiary education sector and business.

Doing it Differently. Link and Learn — the work of the Indigenous Education and Training Alliance

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Indigenous Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Significant Area ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
And Training

The Indigenous Education and Training Alliance (IETA) is a staff college of Education Queensland. Its primary focus is to broker and deliver professional development to educators around the policies contained within Partners for Success: strategy for the continuous improvement of education and employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Education Queensland (Education Queensland, 2000b). This paper describes how IETA's work to support one of the policies, Literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students, has been theorised and enacted. It also discusses the organisation's successes and challenges in the significant area of language and literacy pedagogy for Indigenous students.

Getting Going with Genres a National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Policy Curriculum Initiative

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-33
Author(s):  
Pam Norman
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Writing Workshops ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
And Training

The Northern Territory Department of Education was given a unique opportunity to implement an Aboriginal Schools Curriculum Materials Project (ASCMP) with funding from the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) and the implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (NAEP). One package of resources that has resulted from this initiative is known as Getting Going with Genres. A feature of the development of these resources was the involvement of large numbers of Aboriginal people in writing workshops in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities.

Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Walker ◽  
Claire Palermo ◽  
Karen Klassen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait

BACKGROUND Social media may have a significant role in influencing the present and future health implications among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, yet there has been no review of the role of social media in improving health. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the extent of health initiatives using social media that aimed to improve the health of Australian Aboriginal communities. METHODS A scoping review was conducted by systematically searching databases CINAHL Plus; PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science, and Ovid MEDLINE in June 2017 using the terms and their synonyms “Aboriginal” and “Social media.” In addition, reference lists of included studies and the Indigenous HealthInfonet gray literature were searched. Key information about the social media intervention and its impacts on health were extracted and data synthesized using narrative summaries. RESULTS Five papers met inclusion criteria. All included studies were published in the past 5 years and involved urban, rural, and remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 12-60 years. No studies reported objective impacts on health. Three papers found that social media provided greater space for sharing health messages in a 2-way exchange. The negative portrayal of Aboriginal people and negative health impacts of social media were described in 2 papers. CONCLUSIONS Social media may be a useful strategy to provide health messages and sharing of content among Aboriginal people, but objective impacts on health remain unknown. More research is necessary on social media as a way to connect, communicate, and improve Aboriginal health with particular emphasis on community control, self-empowerment, and decolonization.

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