Abstract There are both educational and cultural benefits to first language (L1) instruction, particularly in the early years of school, but Australia, few Indigenous language–speaking students taught their own languages. Teaching mathematics languages requires linguistically capable educators identification development suitable terminology. This paper reports on collaborative a program reintro...

Sustainability discourse indicates a need to reconsider our approaches social, economic, and environmental issues because, without deep transformation, global human survival is in jeopardy. At the same time, post-secondary education institutions Canada are Indigenizing their settings but have rarely taken up sustainability Indigenization as related concepts. In this research, participants deliv...

In this paper, we discuss and analyse the development of a resource documenting an Indigenous early childhood playgroup programme. The resource, known as the “Best Start DVD” was developed through a partnership between community and government support agencies to support engagement of parents as educators of their children. Through analysis of the development process and the product, we provide...

OBJECTIVE: To review Indigenous infant mortality, stillbirth, birth weight, and preterm birth outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. METHODS: Systematic searches of published literature and a review and assessment of existing perinatal surveillance systems were undertaken. Where possible, within country comparisons of Indigenous to non-Indigenous birth outcomes are i...

OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence and severity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous child dental disease in relation to age, sex, residential location and socio-economic status in three Australian states and territories. DESIGN Children aged 4-14 years who were enrolled in a school dental or screening service in New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia, were rando...

Judicious use of Indigenous Construction Materials (ICM) contributes to sustainability a local construction industry. Why has the ICMs not contributed Ghanaian Industry (GCI), and how can engender GCI that similar developing countries? This paper uses bounded rationality mixed-method strategy explain ICM usage rate in GCI, describes measures for improving industry through use. Relatively high c...