Responding to Indigenous students' and their communities' voiced experiences regarding effective teaching practices: a catholic education initiative

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James Cook University

The study presents the outcomes of the first two phases of a four phase Australian-based research initiative which seeks to support a better understanding of classroom practices that have value in learning for Aboriginal students. The questions guiding the research are: (1) What do Indigenous students and their parents identify as the pedagogical practices influencing their (child’s) learning? (2) What are the statistically validated factors that are identified as composites of a culturally competent teacher, and to what extent are these represented in classrooms? The presentation concludes by presenting a statistically validated Effective Teaching Profile that is currently being applied in the participant schools to determine if there are teaching practices salient to fostering

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What Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in North Queensland Say About Effective Teaching Practices: Measuring Teacher Cultural Competence
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Conference proceeding 
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Lewthwaite, B., Boon, H., Webber, T. and Laffin, G.
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Development of an instrument to measure a facet of quality teaching: Culturally responsive pedagogy
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Journal article
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Helen J. Boon, Brian Lewthwaite
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International Journal of Educational Research
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2015.05.002
0883-0355/ 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.