#11 u3aos2 - Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing (ch5d)

Question 1

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
2 mark

Answer 1

a general term used to refer to Australia’s Indigenous population

always use capital letters for their name and never abbreviate the term.

Question 2

indigenous
1 mark

Answer 2

the first people to live in any nation or country

Question 3

community
3 marks

Answer 3

a group of people who:
- live in the same location
- share a common interest or characteristic
- interact or have potential to interact with one another

Question 4

First Nations
1 mark

Answer 4

Indigenous people of Australia

Question 5

connection to Country
3 marks

Answer 5

indigenous ways of knowing are known
to be rooted with deep respect for the ecology and the
importance of
the connected relationship with land

Question 6

common features of the meaning behind Country
4 marks

Answer 6

• a specific geographical location marked as ‘Country’
• Country includes not only the land, but the people, plants, and knowledge that live/exists there
• it is a living, breathing entity which providespr a link to the ancestors
• it provides a sense of belonging and identity

Question 7

ways of knowing
1 mark

Answer 7

methods through knowledge becomes clear and apparent to us

Question 8

the 8 Aboriginal ways of knowing

Answer 8

• story sharing
• community links
• deconstruction and reconstruction
• non-linear
• land links
• symbols and images
• non-verbal
• learning maps.

Question 9

story sharing
1 mark

Answer 9

approaching learning through narratives

Question 10

community links
1 mark

Answer 10

focusing on local viewpoints to apply leaning for the comminity benefit

Question 11

deconstruction/reconstruction
1 mark

Answer 11

modelling and staging to work from wholes to parts. (watch it happen then do)

Question 12

non-linear
2 mark

Answer 12

producing innovations
and understanding by thinking laterally or combining systems

Question 13

land links
1 mark

Answer 13

place-based learning by linking content to local land/place

Question 14

symbols and images
1 mark

Answer 14

using images and metaphors to understand concepts and content

Question 15

non-verbal
1 mark

Answer 15

applying intra-personal and kinaesthetic skills to thinking and learning

Question 16

learning maps
1 mark

Answer 16

explicitly mapping or visualising processes

Question 17

characteristics of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing
3 mark

Answer 17

• multimodal
• embedded in relationships
• patterned on country

Question 18

multimodal (ways of knowing)
2 marks

Answer 18

learning is very complex and diverse
song-lines, dances, and yearningare just a few of the many different ways knowledge is transferred

Question 19

patterned on country (ways of knowing)

Answer 19

the ways of knowing are deeply rooted in the connection between Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their Country

Question 20

embedded in relationships (ways of knowing)
3 marks

Answer 20

• knowledge is passed on through the generations by all community members
• the Elders are tasked by passing on the most knowledge as they have been the most involved with the past
• learning doesn’t just come from human relationships, all elements of of creation can be learnt from (plants, land, animals)

Question 21

kinship
1 mark

Answer 21

relationships shared through ancestrial ties or connections

Question 22

examples of the role of kinship in link to the ways of knowing
4 marks

Answer 22

• the kinship structure determines who holds on and has access to the knowledge
• passing on knowledge is a part of ‘a person’s responsibilities towards other people’
• sharing knowledge through kinship provides ‘a cohesive and harmonious community’
• in oral cultures, knowledge is held and shared through relationships between people/generations