Aboriginal Elders Form Partnership with TAFE

In this case study Noelene Milliken, Foundation Studies Teacher, TAFE NSW - Riverina Institute talks about how she worked with a group of Koori elders to develop a funding submission to employ their own teacher. Noelene states that a partnership approach to community capacity building is one that can lead to long-term economic and social benefits to groups and communities as a whole.

My students build and steer their own boats. I provide the rudder that keeps them going in the right direction whilst at the same time avoiding the submerged obstacles that could tip them over. Think learning, not teaching.

She explains how she used Paulo Friere' principles. Worth a looky.

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