Australia: Aboriginal children need teaching that respects their culture

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Age



Aboriginal children need teaching that respects their culture



It is too simplistic to insist on imposing values on Aborigines. In
her latest book, Helen Hughes from the Centre for Independent Studies
argues that after the 1967 referendum, two models emerged regarding
Aboriginal development in Australia. The liberal model supported
integration into the white economic mainstream, while the "homelands"
model advocated a traditional separatist life in remote areas. In
Lands of Shame, Hughes contends that the "homelands" model has failed
dismally and that immediate action must be taken on health and
education to ensure that white mainstream standards are achieved.



Full story:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/aboriginal-children-need-teaching-that-respects-their-culture/2008/04/14/1208025085406.html

-- 
**************************************
N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to
its members
and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner
or sponsor of
the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who
disagree with a
message are encouraged to post a rebuttal. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)
*******************************************