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From Avatar To Liyarn Ngarn: Utilising Film As A Device In Anti-Racism Education, Dawn Darlaston-Jones
From Avatar To Liyarn Ngarn: Utilising Film As A Device In Anti-Racism Education, Dawn Darlaston-Jones
Sciences Conference Papers
Teaching within an anti-racism framework presents many obstacles to even the most skilled educator. Overcoming resistance from students and helping them to deal with the emotional consequences associated with such content as well as the journey of understanding (for both student and educator) can be difficult. Often it is the anxiety associated with managing these responses and reactions from students as well as their own lack of knowledge and skill that inhibits educators from attempting to teach such content. In this presentation, I will discuss the development of a second year unit, Culture & Society, including the theoretical foundations …
A Collaborative Learning And Critical Reflexivity Model Of Anti-Racism Education, Dawn Darlaston-Jones, Ashleigh Owen
A Collaborative Learning And Critical Reflexivity Model Of Anti-Racism Education, Dawn Darlaston-Jones, Ashleigh Owen
Sciences Conference Papers
The traditional model of education in the tertiary sector positions the lecturer, tutor, and student in a hierarchical relationship to each other which results in a ‘top down’ flow of information and learning. The assumption underpinning this model is that the lecturer is the only person equipped to provide knowledge which is imparted to the students via the facilitation of the tutor. It ignores the possibility of collaborative learning based on the multiple knowledges of all persons in the equation, and therefore misses a unique opportunity for mutual learning to occur. By applying critical reflection as the theoretical framework for …