Adult literacy and Aboriginal community well-being in western NSW

Start date

2016

End date

2020

Research partner(s)

University of New England (UNE)

University of New South Wales

The Lowitja Institute

Adult literacy and Aboriginal community well-being in western NSW. This project aims to examine the effect of an adult literacy campaign on Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. Since 2012, four western NSW Aboriginal communities have implemented a Cuban-designed mass campaign model to address very low levels of adult literacy. Over 100 people will have achieved basic literacy by July 2016, and four more communities will join by 2019. This project will use a social determinants of health framework to analyse quantitative and qualitative data collected at an individual and population level. This research is expected to improve understanding of the link between Aboriginal adult literacy and health.

Output(s)

The Relationship Between Low Adult Literacy Levels and Aboriginal Family and Community Engagement in Educational Decision Making.” Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

Type

Journal article

Authors

Ratcliffe, Ruth and Boughton, Bob

Publisher

Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

Publication date

2019

File

9aae9cd542a820238730bc97c6fa369bc929.pdf

Link

https://www.semanticscholar.org/reader/c9799aae9cd542a820238730bc97c6fa369bc929

Quantifying low English literacy in Australian Aboriginal communities: a correlational study

Type

Journal article

Authors

Lin, S., Williamson, F., Beetson, J., Bartlett, B., Boughton, B. and Taylor, R.

Publisher

The Australian educational researcher

Publication date

2021

File

Lin_et_al_2020._Quantifying_low_English_literacy_in_Australian_Aboriginal_communities_a_correlational_study.pdf

Link

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https%3A//link.springer.com/article/…

Project information

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Community / Language group(s)

Project contact(s)

Not listed

Researcher(s)

A/Prof Robert Boughton
Prof Richard Taylor
A/Prof Toni Schofield
Dr Lorina Barker
Adj/Prof Jack Beetson
Dr William Bartlett
Ms Patricia Anderson

Supporting partner(s)

Complete

Yes

Start date

2016

End date2020

Topic(s)

Closing the Gap focus

Funder(s)

Organisation(s)

Not listed

Indigenous involvement

Indigenous involvement notes

Dr Lorina Barker is a descendant of the Wangkumara and Muruwari people (northwest NSW), Adnyamathanha (Flinders Ranges SA), Kooma and Kunja (southwest QLD), and Kurnu-Baarkandji (northwest NSW).

Professor Jack Beetson is a Ngemba Aboriginal man from western NSW who has been actively involved in Indigenous education in Australia and internationally for over 30 years.

Pat Anderson AO is an Alyawarre woman known nationally and internationally as an advocate for the rights and health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This study is part of an ongoing program of academic research and evaluation, involving a
partnership between LFLF and the authors’ university. This research utilises a Community Based
Participatory Research framework (Castleden, Morgan, & Lamb, 2012). It was initiated at the
request of the LFLF, as part of its ongoing program of evaluation and research. The permission
and participation of the communities involved was provided through the structures of campaign
governance in each community, namely a local CWG and locally-recruited Aboriginal campaign
staff. The research team worked as participant-observers, documenting and analysing community discussions and assessments of the campaign and its impacts, and reporting findings back to the LFLF Board and the communities for their consideration and action. The active involvement of Aboriginal community members ensures that the research is useful to the community, and aligns with best practice evaluation methods as outlined in the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, Evaluation Framework (DPMC, 2017).

Adult literacy and Aboriginal community well-being in western NSW

Output(s)

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