Indigenous Schooling in the Modern World

This book supports the formal education of all Indigenous children who live in different circumstances in different countries. It takes Indigenous philosophy as its starting point, while recognising that in many colonial and post-colonial circumstances, Indigenous knowledge, culture and language may not be valued. For this reason, Indigenous and non-Indigenous theorists and authors are included to demonstrate the recognised links between Indigenous and non-Indigenous understandings and practices of culture, knowledge and learning and therefore common approaches to formal education. Chapters are arranged in an integrated fashion to discuss contextual issues regarding global political and economic influences and the notion of what it means to participate fully in society.

Neil Hooley is an Honorary Fellow in the College of Arts and Education, Victoria University, Melbourne and is an experienced academic and researcher. Within a pragmatist and inquiry paradigm, he has expertise with qualitative methodologies including narrative inquiry, case writing and case study and action research.

Oksana Razoumova is a lecturer in the College of Arts and Education, Victoria University, Melbourne. As a linguist, she has had extensive teaching and research experience regarding the nature of language teaching and learning and its application in educational, employment and community settings.

Lois Peeler is Principal at Worawa Aboriginal College, Healesville, Victoria. Her career includes having spent many years in the state and federal public service, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and at the community level, advancing the cause of the Indigenous community and in particular, education.

"Overall, this book is a challenge to many of the normative assumptions about curriculum, pedagogy and identity that frequently sideline, marginalise and ‘other’ Indigenous peoples. This is a book that will be of value to any teacher who cares about making a difference and wants to see what other people have achieved. (…) There are clear lessons for those working in the field of ‘Indigenous education in the modern world’ but there are also lessons to support ‘education, knowledge and liberation for all citizens of the world’." - Meg Maguire, in: Journal of Education Policy, 2021