PeoSoc PeoSoc
Humlo Indigenous Peoples ensure Indigenous Peoples Aboriginal Peoples children United States Australian Research Council Indigenous education

children

Indigenous Educators Are the Firekeepers

Indigenous Educators Are the Firekeepers

The rigid confines of the U.S. education system, with its 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM schedule, the classic setup of a public school classroom, and the lessons I regularly was unable to relate to never quite suited me as an Indigenous child, and once I began failing my classes, it made me question my own intelligence.

Sharing Our Experiences, Stories, And Territories In Our Voices, With Our Hands

Sharing Our Experiences, Stories, And Territories In Our Voices, With Our Hands

We decided to use a methodology that encompassed play, creation, and relaxation in which children could be introduced to an artistic discipline by watching videos, listening to music, or seeing live dance performances; to present an experience in which they could engage their senses and reflect on it.

New study links low incomes, stressed parents and child behaviour – better support would bring lifelong benefits

New study links low incomes, stressed parents and child behaviour – better support would bring lifelong benefits

This is important, as children’s behavioural (or social and emotional) development sets the foundation for longer term positive mental health and academic success.

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

The inquest into the death of 16-year-old Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd in Casuarina Prison has unveiled systemic failings in the Western Australian government’s management of youth justice.

What does family look like in Australia? It’s more diverse than you think

What does family look like in Australia? It’s more diverse than you think

At the same time, old challenges about women’s uneven greater share of work raising children, and caring for the homes in which we live, continue to need our focused attention to redress gender imbalances.