William Fogarty|Stewart Riddle|Melissa Lovell|Ben Wilson
Indigenous Education and Literacy Policy in Australia: Bringing Learning Back to the Debate
Australian National University|University of Southern Queensland|Australian National University|Australian National University
policy landscape dominated forces seek continually reshape education according market logics particular impacts seemingly intractable crisis indigenous education policy making entrenched discourses deficit result education policy continually done communities little heed paid effects efforts learning opportunities available young indigenous learners particularly living remote communities paper examines contemporary network policy levers come shape literacy policy framed indigenous australians narratives failure crisis ask learning made impossible flattening effects literacy curriculum pedagogy result paper seeks open conversation around learning possible policy landscape unflattened policy done communities pedagogical practices opened rather closed