Australian Indigenous ways of learning

This resource is about Australian Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and being as applied to learning.

Ways of learning

These eight ways of learning are based on "Yarning up Aboriginal pedagogies: A dialogue about eight Aboriginal ways of learning" (Yungaport & Kirby, 2011).

This model is being used within education in Australia to help guide and inform endeavours to "indigenise the curriculum".

Eight Indigenous ways of learning

Story sharing - Tell a story

Approaching learning through narrative.

Make a plan - Learning maps

Explicitly mapping/visualising processes.

Think and do - Non-verbal

Applying intra-personal and kinaesthetic skills to thinking and learning.

Draw it - Symbols and images

Using images and metaphors to understand concepts and content.

Take it outside - Land links

Place-based learning, linking content to local land and place.

Try a new way - Non-linear

Producing innovations and understanding by thinking laterally or combining systems.

Watch first, then do - Deconstruct/reconstruct

Modelling and scaffolding, working from wholes to parts.

Share it with others - Community links

Centring local viewpoints, applying learning for community benefit.

Arnhem Land artist Glen Namundja working on an artwork.

References

Yunkaporta, T. (2009). Aboriginal pedagogies at the cultural interface (Professional doctorate (Research) thesis, James Cook University).

Yunkaporta, T., & Kirby, M. (2011). Yarning up Aboriginal pedagogies: A dialogue about eight Aboriginal ways of learning. In N. Purdie, G. Milgate, & H. Bell. (Eds.) Two way teaching and learning: Toward culturally reflective and relevant education (pp. 205-213). ACER Press.

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