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Teacher Education Courses : Improving the educational opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

P. Watsford
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A dramatic increase in the number of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders undertaking teacher education courses in Colleges of Advanced Education and Universities has occurred over the past ten years. In 1976 it was estimated that there were approximately 59 Aboriginal Teacher Education students throughout Australia (Anderson § Vevoorn, 1983:122). Today, in one institution alone - James Cook University - there are almost double this number. It is estimated that there were approximately 400 Aboriginal/Islander student teachers in 1985.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 41 - 47
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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