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The document outlines an assessment task focused on the educational disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, emphasizing the need for schools and teachers to recognize the historical impacts on Indigenous students. It requires a 1500-word essay that incorporates relevant literature, personal reflections, and demonstrates understanding of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The essay should address the importance of acknowledging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and cultures, supporting their identity needs, and promoting reconciliation in educational settings.

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Assessment Task 2 Description

The document outlines an assessment task focused on the educational disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, emphasizing the need for schools and teachers to recognize the historical impacts on Indigenous students. It requires a 1500-word essay that incorporates relevant literature, personal reflections, and demonstrates understanding of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The essay should address the importance of acknowledging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and cultures, supporting their identity needs, and promoting reconciliation in educational settings.

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Assessment Task 2 Description

Focus statement

Statistics show that despite substantial government spending on Indigenous education, there are
still serious differences in the educational outcomes achieved by Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australians (Gray & Beresford, 2008). Many writers claim that policies that aim to close this
gap for Australian Indigenous students will only achieve successful educational outcomes if
schools and teachers acknowledge and address the impact that the past has had on the present for
these students (Gray & Beresford, 2008; Ford, 2012; Vass, 2012).

Structure and expectations for your written response

Use an essay format (WORD document not PDF) and structure to write a response of no more
than 1500 words (excluding the List of References) that clearly establishes your position in
response to the statement provided above. In doing so, please be guided by the following:

1. Your response will be informed by the material covered in the unit, including readings
provided or linked to on the Moodle site, and by other relevant sources obtained through
independent searches. The use and relevance of the literature used should be
demonstrated by in-text citations and a list of references.
2. Your paper will aim to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the impact of past
and present representations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and
government policy on race relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
This may be achieved through a discussion of a selection of past and current events,
policy approaches and their effects, perspectives and interpretations of the effects of
colonisation, racism and dispossession, and other such topical aspects introduced and
covered in the unit. The topical points to be included in the discussion need to be selected
so that they support your response to the focus statement while being sufficiently diverse
to demonstrate your understanding of the broader range of topics covered in the unit.
3. Your paper will include a section that outlines your own personal reflections on the
impact of a shared Australian history, and also of your own cultural background on the
attitudes and views you have formed of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as
students and learners. In doing so, you should make reference to your participation in at
least three (3) learning experiences from the unit activities that have,
o shaped your perspectives on the importance of teachers’ acknowledgement,
recognition and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and
cultures;
o show how the identity needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
might be supported; and,
o how teaching can promote reconciliation within classroom contexts and the
broader school community.

Your paper will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers (especially Standards 1.4 and 2.4) by making a direct comparison and
referencing them when relevant to your response and reflections. Your paper will also
demonstrate a practical understanding of the use of appropriate terminology by employing
acceptable and respectful terminology when referring to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people, families, communities and students.

References:
Ford, M. (2012). 'Achievement gaps in Australia: what NAPLAN reveals about education
inequality in Australia'. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 16(1),80-102. [Library link]

Gray, J., & Beresford, Q. (2008). A 'formidable challenge': Australia's quest for equity in
Indigenous education. Australian Journal Of Education (ACER Press), 52(2), 197-223. [Library
link]

Vass, G. (2012). ‘So, What is Wrong with Indigenous Education?’ Perspective, Position and
Power Beyond a Deficit Discourse. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41(2), 85-
96. [Library link]

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