Aussie Childcare Network Forum

The Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Competence Framework (220:18) states that maintenance of culture is a key goal for Aboriginal communities in relation to the education of their children.
List the key beliefs in relation to this goal
My answer so far is:
• Culture enhance a deep sense of belonging and involves a spiritual and emotional relationship to the land
• Culture impacts on how the individual see and engage with the world
• It enables the broader community to understand the resilience and appreciate the pride that aboriginal people have about their culture

But I am not sure, please help

Maybe this will help:

Aboriginal approaches to looking after children perceive culture and the maintenance of culture as central to healthy development. Therefore, Aboriginal communities believe:

• that the child’s educational, physical, emotional or spiritual needs cannot be met in isolation from each other
• the child’s relationship to the whole family, and not just mum or dad, are part of the child’s key relationships
• the child’s relationship to the land and the spirit beings that determine law, politics and meaning is a key element of their cultural identity
• the child is born into a broad community of care that consists of immediate family, extended family and the local community
• Elders also play a critical role, particularly in education and the maintenance of culture.

Therefore, it is important that interventions reflect this broad understanding and seek from the family their definition of who should be involved in particular assessments, interventions or planning activities, rather than assumptions being made about, for instance, who is ‘family’. Workers may feel uncomfortable talking where there may be many members of the family present. However, effective interventions with children and families can only be realised if the key
people as defined by the family are engaged in the process.

Aboriginal Cultural Competence

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Lorina