Indigenous education : experiential learning and learning through country

This paper reviews current education and employment policy approaches for Indigenous young people in Australia. It challenges the focus on classroom based learning, and instead highlights experiential modes of learning, such as through the Indigenous land and sea management projects in remote areas. Sections include: Remote Indigenous education; Current approaches to policy; Experiential learning; Reinvigorating experiential and place based learning; Indigenous Land and Sea Management: development and employment; Bringing Indigenous Land and Sea Management and education together; Learning through Country programs; Maningrida Science Program; The Anindilyakwa Junior Ranger Program; Key insights: what can Learning Through Country approaches teach us?; and, Key issues: policy and resourcing