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I see something better soon : how a remote community was transformed through empowerment / Jim Heslop.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0859056384
  • 9780859056380
Other title:
  • How a remote community was transformed through empowerment
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.1909941 23
LOC classification:
  • LC1036.8.A9 H47 2016
Contents:
Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. Past non-aboriginal attitudes and practices in the provision of schooling to aboriginal children -- 2. Processes involved in the planning and development of aboriginal communities -- 3. A brief history of schooling in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands -- 4. Philosophy of research and methos of investigation -- 5. Research findings on the effect of the change process on the structures and operations of Warakurna School and community -- 6. The effect of the Warakurna Parents' Council on schooling throughout the Ngaanyatjarra Lands -- 7. Development of hypotheses -- 8. Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix -- References.
Summary: "This book highlights the transformation of Warakurna School in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Western Australia) between 1992-1994 when it moved from being a typification of the long-standing Western domination of schooling to one that accepted the authority of the local Aboriginal community and became committed to supporting and promoting the achievement of community aspirations." --Page vii.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. Past non-aboriginal attitudes and practices in the provision of schooling to aboriginal children -- 2. Processes involved in the planning and development of aboriginal communities -- 3. A brief history of schooling in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands -- 4. Philosophy of research and methos of investigation -- 5. Research findings on the effect of the change process on the structures and operations of Warakurna School and community -- 6. The effect of the Warakurna Parents' Council on schooling throughout the Ngaanyatjarra Lands -- 7. Development of hypotheses -- 8. Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix -- References.

"This book highlights the transformation of Warakurna School in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Western Australia) between 1992-1994 when it moved from being a typification of the long-standing Western domination of schooling to one that accepted the authority of the local Aboriginal community and became committed to supporting and promoting the achievement of community aspirations." --Page vii.

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