Educating Indigenous children in Australian juvenile justice systems : culturally responsive pedagogy in mathematics / Bronwyn Ewing, Grace Sarra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ewing, Bronwyn, author.

Sarra, Grace, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous children--Education--Australia.

Indigenous children.

Juvenile delinquents--Education--Australia.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile justice, Administration of--Australia.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Education and state--Australia.

Education and state.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Australia.

Mathematics.

Juvenile delinquents--Education.

Mathematics--Study and teaching.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2023]

Summary:

This book addresses key issues in the context of the national policy of educating children accused of crimes in Juvenile Courts in Australia. For several decades, National and State Governments in Australia have struggled to define education, constantly seeking to improve the way society applies the concept. This book presents an accurate portrayal of consequences of the education policy of trying to educate troubled children and young people in trouble with the law. It describes the work of juvenile detention centre mathematics teachers and their teaching contexts. It portrays teachers as learners, who ventured with researchers with a theoretical perspective. This book focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies that seek to understand the ways Indigenous children and young people in juvenile detention make sense of their mathematical learning, which, until the time of detention, has been plagued by failure. It examines how the underperformance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are strong determinants of their overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system in Australia. This book presents the argument that if the students literacy and numeracy levels can be improved, there is opportunity to build better futures away from involvement in the juvenile justice system and towards productive employment to improve life chances.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Proposition: Towards Culturally Appropriate Education in Juvenile Detention

Chapter 2: Indigenous Young People in Australias Justice System

Chapter 3: Cultural and Educational Responsibility for Indigenous Young People in Detention: Critical Reality

Chapter 4: Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Juvenile Detention

Chapter 5: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Indigenous Students in Juvenile Detention

Chapter 6: Reform of Education in Juvenile Justice: Opportunities and obstacles

Appendix 1 Teacher Demographic Survey

Appendix 2 Teacher Efficacy Survey.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Ewing, Bronwyn. Educating Indigenous children in Australian juvenile justice systems.

ISBN:

9789811986840

9811986843

OCLC:

1369578227

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.