Swimming not drowning – resilience as a key determinant of success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pre-tertiary students

Bibliographic Data

ID13017407
AuthorsLisa Hall (0000-0002-2290-695X, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, corresponding author), Catherine Maughan (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education), Michaela Wilkes (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education), Tony Thorpe (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education), Joanne Forrest (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education), Angela Harrison (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education)
EditorsCarol Evans Professor Glenn Hardaker
Year2015
Volume9
Issue3
Pages159-173
Publication date2015-07-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2053-535X • E-ISSN: 2053-5368
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/jme-12-2014-0045
OpenAlexW1555435300
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how one tertiary enabling programme designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students uses a specifically designed pedagogy which goes beyond a focus on discrete academic skills to help students develop the resilience and knowledge about learning they need to be successful in tertiary learning contexts. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative methodology is used to explore how graduates analysed and evaluated their experience of the course. Findings – The stories show that for these students, resilience is a dynamic and multifaceted construct. Strength, confidence and resilience for these students come from seeing and valuing the strength and resilience that already exists in Indigenous people and Indigenous knowledge systems and using this as a basis for developing their own resilience. Originality/value – This focus on resilience can provide a transformative experience for students who have largely been marginalised from the mainstream educational system, assisting them to build the crucial “cultural capital” required to be successful in their tertiary studies, while reinforcing the strength and knowledge they already bring with them. Through this process students are offered a way of navigating the higher education landscape on their own terms

Higher education · Indigenous · Mainstream · Narrative · Originality · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychological resilience · Qualitative research · Resilience (materials science · Social science · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Transformative learning · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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