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Newslines radio: Getting results for Indigenous uni students

25 June 2013
Children and Schooling

Charles Darwin University is taking a new teaching approach to help their Indigenous students in reaching their full potential.

Charles Darwin University is taking a new teaching approach to help their Indigenous students in reaching their full potential.

In this Newslines Radio program, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Indigenous Leadership, Steve Larkin, talks about the importance of understanding how Indigenous people learn and adapting teaching styles to achieve the best results.

He also discusses the new Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education, which is a joint venture between the University and the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Education.

Funded by the Australian Government, the centre is a space specifically designed to meet the needs of Indigenous learning.

“Integrating inside/outside spaces, being able to configure rooms how we want, small or large according to our learning and teaching needs, having the cutting edge AV technology teaching resources, and through our programs… we can… get a lot more people enrolling and finishing degrees,” Steve said.
 

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The new Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE) in Darwin has facilities for interactive distance learning to allow more Indigenous Australians to participate in higher education.

Improving higher education outcomes for Indigenous people helps students become more job ready, making it an important step in Closing the Gap in Indigenous employment outcomes.

ACIKE is a joint venture between the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education and Charles Darwin University, supported with funding from the Australian Government through the Education Investment Fund.

To find out more about the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, visit the Department of Innovation website.