Learning at home and in the community: Australia case study

This Australian case study focuses on Indigenous ‘Kids On-Country’, a culturally appropriate curriculum, that involves out-of-classroom pedagogy, with children in Coolgardie, Western Australia, which recognises intergenerational learning and the interconnectivity of people and place. Kids on Country pedagogy recognises individual rights, collective rights, intergenerational rights, cultural rights and biocentric rights (See Davis and Elliott, 2014; Pecharroman, 2018; Pedersen and Phillpot, 2018). To include these rights, there is a need to redefine the classroom, to decolonize the curriculum and take a strengths-based approach to learning. This enables people of all ages and backgrounds to learn together around shared goals. It is oriented towards the Australian curriculum priorities, Sustainability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures