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Understanding Education and Indigenous Perspectives Quiz

Welcome to the Understanding Education and Indigenous Perspectives Quiz! This quiz challenges your knowledge about critical aspects of education, including Biesta's theories, critical pedagogy, and the incorporation of Indigenous perspectives in teaching.

Test your understanding and learn more about:

Core educational theories and practices
Indigenous knowledge in Western education systems
The role of hidden curricula in shaping student experiences

36 Questions9 MinutesCreated by TeachingTree420

The null curriculum is

The aspect of the curriculum that students don't understand

That which is deliberately or inadvertently omitted by educators

The inherent values and perceptions of teachers than inform how and what they teach

None of the above

Learnification according to Biesa is

Facilitating learning

Creating learning opportunities

New language of learning on education

Delivering learning experiences

The development and encouragement of a student's self-actualisation is pertinent to which of Biesta's domains?

Qualification

Socialisation

Subjectification

Learnification

What are the three domains Biesta states that are required for education to function effectively?

Culturalism, professionalism, subjectivism

Qualification, socialisation and subjectification

Socialisation, subjectification and professionalism

Which of these values is not ascribed to critical pedagogy?

Teaching is a political act

It is hard for a student to learn if they're hungry

Every student has the same world view

Individual problems are connected to greater contexts

From Week 1's reading, Biesta believes that excessive emphasis on academic achievement causes

Severe stress for younger people

An imbalance of power

A higher drop out rate in higher education

Smarter students

Since the 1950's, where Aboriginal children were denied access to education, what has been the most recent step reconciling this?

United Nations decade for womens conference

Closing the Gap

Naidoc Week

None of the above

According to Biesta, the difference between a good and an excellent education is

Not important, they are the same thing

Good education is based on improving teaching from the data collected whereas excellent education requires a more holistic approach

Good education is a term used by common people whereas excellent education is used in the Melbourne Declaration

Excellent education can become a term based on a competitive mindset, therefore it is better to use the term good education

What kinds of strategies might you employ in your classroom to work towards de-colonising practices?

Embed the 8 Ways Learning Framework

Incorporate local Indigenous language into lessons

Teach shared Australian History

All of the above

According to Biesta, teacher judgement is

An impediment to respond positively to an educational situation

Is something we do as a teacher without knowing it

Is the capacity that teachers have to take a more holistic approach to educational challenges

Something useful only if it is based on data collected in tests such as PISA

Racial literacy is an interactive process in which race functions as a

Tools of diagnosis, feedback and assessment

Form of language literacy used to describe race

Ways to support neoliberalism

All of the above

According to Biesta, being a professional means

Being interested in human well-being

Being able to regulate themselves internally rater than relying on an outside authority

Require a high level of knowledge and skills

All of the above

According to Biesta, the difference between economical and educational situation is

That in education the customer does not know what they need yet

That in education money is not important

In education students are not customers but citizens

There is actually more similarities than differences in both

According to Biesta, making education more scientifically based

Show how data is so useful

Can become a problem as circumstances are always changing

Will help students achieve better results and get better jobs in their adult lives

Is a necessity in a world where science is becoming more and more important in all field

How can you as a teacher incorporate first nations perspectives, knowledge and traditions into the classroom?

Incorporate local language

Incorporate traditional ways of learning eg. dance, cooking, music

Collaborate with community elders

All of the above

To place or treat something or someone as marginal compared to the dominant views and ideas is the definition of

Othering

Diversity

Assimilation

None of the above

The denial by White Australia of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander epistemologies was important to encourage ____ the dominant white European culture

Resistance to

Dominance of

Assimilation into

None of the above

As a teacher, how can you begin to make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students feel welcome in the classroom?

Incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources

Incorporate the language of the local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community

Marginalising them

Both A and B

What are the three connected theoretical perspectives identified in the toolbox for understanding the historical legacies of colonisation?

Critical race theory, settler colonial theory and post mutual theory

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, educational governance, closing the gap

Settler colonial theory, critical race theory and post colonial theory

According to Powers of Curriculum, what are the three factors that are critical in achieving educational justice for Indigenous students?

Social, cultural and emotional

Social, cultural and intellectual

Social, political and emotional

Social, cultural and political

How could education be a tool of colonialism?

The null/hidden curriculum

Language that is used eg. Settling vs invasion

Indigenous knowledge being placed on the periphery of the education system

All of the above

Waiata Telfer discusses how in Indigenous culture

Young people are taught to become elders

Age is a sign of respect, the older you are the wiser you are, the more wisdom you hold as a person is greatly respected. But age does not always mean wisdom

Children are given a lot of freedom to roam, to feel, to experience, to watch, to learn and to listen

All of the above

An example of the Hidden curriculum would be

The local all boys college is $19 000 per year and the local girls college is $11 000 per year

All the girls are taught to play Netball and all of the boys are taught to play soccer

Home Ec is a compulsory subject at the local all girls college

All of the above

What was the 'Review of appropriateness and efficacy of the Safe Schools Coalition Australia program resources' designed for?

Realigning key aspects of the national curriculum with the views and beliefs of the prevailing conservative government

Fix what might be inadequate about the curriculum

To provide resources to all schools in Australia

To provide funding for schools in Australia

After a discussion with students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, students demonstrate an interest and ask to know more, so you invite an Aboriginal Elder in to share historical perspectives. This scenario is an example of which curriculum type?

Emergent

Negotiated

Enacted

Lived

According to Chris Sarra and his 'Stronger, Smarter' program, which of these statements from Lecture 3 is false?

Absenteeism was reduced by 94% in 18 months at Cherbourg

Disadvantaged schools encounter more problems with student behaviour

Disadvantaged schools have an increased focus on academic success

Year 2 students from Cherbourg improved by 58% in literacy in two years.

Which two types of curriculum are not confined by the knowledge of the dominant culture? Thus, allowing students to identify, evaluate and analyse what is worthwhile.

Negotiated and Emergent

Negotiated and Enacted

Emergent and Enacted

A teacher is utilising the emergent curriculum when they

Use student experiences to explore new learning opportunities

Avoid uncomfortable topics and questions

Implement the Australian Curriculum in their lesson

Discuss alternate assessment tasks with students

In the null curriculum, what is a reason an educator would censor curriculum areas?

Considered contentious by community standards

Counters own values and beliefs

Makes them uncomfortable

All of the above

What is the central tenet of the emergent curriculum?

That a teacher's hidden bias emerges in the curriculum

The attempt to control thinking and action

The taking advantage of learning opportunities as they arise

That educators do not always recognise the backgrounds, experiences and expertise of learners

Wen the curriculum is negotiated, who is the power placed into the hands of?

Government and policy makers

Librarians and administrators

Children, young people, teachers and the community

Curriculum advisors

How to make the curriculum interpretable by everyone in the same way?

Make stronger policies

Increase supervising teachers

It is not possible

Beter collaboration between teachers

How might we change from a fixed curriculum to a more flexible malleable curriculum?

Focus on the achievement standard

From the content descriptors

From the content elaborations

More curricula-based uni courses or PD sessions at schools

In what way does the null curriculum affect the lived curriculum?

The null curriculum doesn't affect the lived curriculum

The null curriculum is only about what the teacher decides

Denying students certain learning opportunities on a topic changes their lived experience

None of the above

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