Reflective Journal
What was your personal motivation behind participating in this project?
- Anthony Angel
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Personal motivation was [that] most Science teachers just told Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and they didn't really get behind the science of what was happening and have a look at and integrate, really, Aboriginal perspectives into the classroom; and so I wanted to change the way and get rid of the idea of just telling Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, and get a bit of practical Aboriginal culture within the classroom.
- Carol Thurston
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I worked as a relief teacher at Oombulgurri, a remote Aboriginal community in the Kimberley. While working in Western Australia, I was involved in their Aboriginal Awareness Program and hence was very keen to be involved in the development of material that would include an Aboriginal perspective into Science teaching.
- Glenn Yates
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My grandmother was born on Thursday Island, which makes me a Torres Strait Islander by descent. I was thrilled to be asked by our District Consultant to be involved with our local area team, as I thought this was a really important project to be involved with.
- Kerry Whalley
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The reason our school is involved is because we've developed and used a unit with an Aboriginal contextual base. We found the students were able to observe first-hand and connect directly to the Aboriginal experience.