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The Role of Tutors in The Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Helen McDonald
Helen McDonald*
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Aboriginal and Islander Teacher Education Program, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville
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In considering the role of tutors of Aboriginal and Islander students at secondary school, the fundamental question is, “What can tutors do to help students that isn’t being done by teachers in schools?” Of course, working with students on a one-to-one basis or in small groups will be seen as an obvious advantage of the tutoring system. However, it alone is not enough, and tutors need to develop specific skills and expertise if they are to help Aboriginal and Islander students to negotiate, and achieve in, an imperfect system that is, I believe, inappropriate and even alien to many Aborigines and Islanders.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , November 1984 , pp. 7 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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