This book addresses key issues in the context of the national policy of educating children accused of crimes in Juvenile Courts in Australia. For several decades, National and State Governments in Australia have struggled to define education, constantly seeking to improve the way society applies the concept. This book presents an accurate portrayal of consequences of the education policy of trying to educate troubled children and young people in trouble with the law. It describes the work of juvenile detention centre mathematics teachers and their teaching contexts. It portrays teachers as learners, who ventured with researchers with a theoretical perspective. This book focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies that seek to understand the ways Indigenous children and young people in juvenile detention make sense of their mathematical learning, which, until the time of detention, has been plagued by failure. It examines how the underperformance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are strong determinants of their overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system in Australia. This book presents the argument that if the students’ literacy and numeracy levels can be improved, there is opportunity to build better futures away from involvement in the juvenile justice system and towards productive employment to improve life chances.
Author(s): Bronwyn Ewing, Grace Sarra
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 142
City: Singapore
Foreword
Acknowledgment
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Proposition: Towards Culturally Appropriate Education in Juvenile Detention
In Search of Social Justice for Juvenile Detainees in Australia
Unlocking the Learning Potential of Indigenous and Low Socioeconomic Young People
Overview of This Book
References
2 Indigenous Young People in Australia’s Justice System
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia
Over-Representation of Indigenous Young People in the Justice System
Factors that Contribute to the Over-Representation of Indigenous Youth in Juvenile Justice
Historical Factors and Events
Mental Health Issues
Intellectual Disability
Low Educational Attainment and Employment
Social, Economic and Political Disadvantage
Chapter Summary
References
3 Cultural and Educational Responsibility for Indigenous Young People in Detention: Critical Reality
The Status Quo or That Which is Our Responsibility to Understand
Challenges in Supporting Young People in the Justice System
Diversionary Programs in the Youth Justice System
Towards a Philosophical Understanding of Our Responsibility
Towards an Ontological Understanding of the Historical and Social Complexities of the Incarceration of Indigenous Youth: Drawing upon the Three Levels of the Critical Realist Ontology
Three Levels of Critical Realism
The Critical Realist Concept of Time
Chapter Summary
References
4 Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Juvenile Detention
Causes for Concern: Research Gaps and Misunderstandings
Remembering, Observing and Analysing Maths Teaching Approaches
Instruction-Based Approaches to Teaching Maths
The Challenges of Instruction-Based Approaches
Communication in Instruction-Based Approaches
The Challenges of Communication in Instruction-Based Approaches
Textbooks and Booklets in Instruction-Based Approaches
Challenges with Textbooks and Booklets in Instruction-Based Approaches
Assessment (Testing) and Differentiation in Instruction-Based Approaches
Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment Task (CDAT)
Differentiation in Instruction-Based Approaches
The Challenges of Assessment and Differentiation (Grouping)
Chapter Summary
References
5 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Indigenous Students in Juvenile Detention
CRP: Ways of Life, Seeing the World and Taking Action Against Injustice
CRP and Community Cultural Wealth
CRP and Meaningful Long-Term Sustainable Change
CRP: Privileging Indigenous Voices, Identities and Role Models
Indigenous Voices
Strengthening Indigenous Identity
Positive Indigenous Role Models
CRP: Strength-Based Approach to Professional Development
Strong and Smart
Crossing Cultures: Hidden History Posters
Engoori
CRP: Collaborative Development and Resource Design
Chapter Summary
References
6 Reform of Education in Juvenile Justice: Opportunities and Obstacles
Conflicting Policy
Continuing Concerns and Way Forward
Conclusion
References
Appendix A Teacher Demographic Survey
Appendix B Teacher Efficacy Survey
