5D - Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Ways Of Knowing

Question 1

Ways Of Knowing

Answer 1

• sharing stories
• connecting the whole picture
• visual learning

Question 2

Ways Of Doing

Answer 2

• flexibility
• appropriate language
• Aboriginal leadership

Question 3

Ways Of Being

Answer 3

• collective decisions
• self-determination
• community collaboration

Question 4

Country

Answer 4

• Country is an Aboriginal-English word that refers to all entities that exist in a universe.
• this includes human-entities and more-than-human entities such as water, animals, plants, the skies, the stars, the seasons, the tides.
• Connection to Country is like a connection to family.
• it is a life-long relationship

Question 5

Systems Of Knowledge

Answer 5

is the way that learning occurs

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander system of knowledge means that-
- knowledge and skills are based on interconnected social, physical, and spiritual understandings
- these understandings inform survival and contribute to a strong sense of identity

Question 6

Pattern On Country

Answer 6

• this means that the system of knowledge is created on Country.
• learning is created, and occurs, on the traditional lands of a particular language or cultural group
• knowledge can exist in the landscape
• Songlines are the stories of Country

Question 7

Learning Is Embedded In Relationships

Answer 7

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples understand that human beings have relationships with all things - each other, ancestors, the past and the natural world.
• the concept of kinship describes a person’s responsibilities towards other people, the land and natural resources. Kinship is a system that determines how people relate to one another and their surrounding
• knowledge is deeply interconnected
• learning is embedded within Country
• learning is holistic
• learning involves understanding the relationships between all things: living, spiritual, ancestral

Question 8

Multimodal Systems

Answer 8

Means using a variety of methods
This means learning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occurs through a range of methods
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are oral cultures, their knowledges have been traditionally stored and transmitted through methods other than writing

Question 9

Songlines

Answer 9

Stories are told on Country - by physically walking Country and learning the story that’s written within the land