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标题：The Community Strength Model: A Proposal to Invest in Existing Aboriginal Intellectual Capital
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作者：Michelle J. Eady
期刊名称：in education
印刷版ISSN：1708-2749
出版年度：2016
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：22-41
语种：English
出版社：University of Regina
摘要：Indigenous communities have strengths and wisdom beyond Westernized culture’s recognition and understanding. However, there continues to be significant difference in literacy and life skills between Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults. In this article, I reflect on a project that investigated how technology could best support adult literacy learners in an Australian Indigenous community. The project provided insights into how local people perceive the concept of literacy and the significant role it plays in critical thinking and quality decision making. The aim of my research was to create a set of principles to support adult literacy learners, which could be interpreted and applied on a global level. From this project, a new theoretical framework—the Community Strength Model—emerged. The cyclical model serves as a tool to assist researchers with conceptualizing the collective process of learning within an Indigenous culture, where being true to Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous ways of learning is imperative to successful outcomes. It also provides a structure to facilitate respectful research, which can be adapted for Indigenous communities globally.
关键词：Indigenous culture;theory;synchronous technology;literacy;Indigenous ways of knowing