- Bilingual education
 Attack on bilingual education in the Northern Territory (D Nathan et al)
Misc collected responses in 1999 to the NT Government's policy to phase out bilingual education in the Territory. [22/07/2000] http://www.dnathan.com/VL/alert.htm
Bilingual Education Cuts (NT) (various)
Selection of resources created after the NT Government announced that Bilingual Education Programmes would be axed in 1999. [18/07/2000] http://www.dnathan.com/VL/alert.htm
Learning Lessons Implementation Steering Committee (Northern Territory Government)
This committee was established to advise the government on the implementation of the controversial "Learning lessons" review. [04/02/2007] http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/education/indigenous_education/previous_publications/llisc.shtml
Learning lessons: An independent review of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory (Northern Territory Department of Education)
The review (known as the "Collins Review") was commissioned to establish
- The views .. of indigenous parents and community members in relation to their children's schooling, with particular reference to English literacy and numeracy
- The key issues affecting educational outcomes for indigenous children
See the section on Bilingual Education from p 131. The report was widely seen as an attack on Bilingual Education in the Territory, and was criticised by those supporting bilingual education and Aboriginal languages [PDF 218pp]. [02/01/2003] http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/education/indigenous_education/previous_publications/docs/learning_lessons_review.pdf
A matter of survival - bilingual education (AUSTLII)
From the Commonwealth's Reconciliation and Social Justice Library: "..There are sound educational reasons for establishing literacy in the child's first language before developing literacy in English.." [15/07/2000] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/parliamentary/language/50.html
Utulu Kutjungku Nintini: Teaching in one group (FATSIL)
Bilingual education at Areyonga (Utju), NT. [02/01/2003] http://www.fatsil.org/VOTL/Articles/14-2.htm |
