Oodgeroo Unit Seminar at QUT

Last to leave at the Oodgeroo seminar

Amongst a stimulating group of people from disciplines as varied as nursing and education (co-ordinated by senior lecturer, Juliana McLaughhlin), Margaret spoke about …the responsibility of teachers to address inequality.  To give each highlight the advantages Standard English speakers have over Aboriginal English speakers when they arrive at school. She then described how the Honey Ant Readers address this ‘beginning of the gap’ in education. The group discussion led into various aspects of the books, rationale and Indigenous education generally.