The 8 Aboriginal Ways Of Learning is a pedagogy framework.

This model was

developed through a research project aimed to engage with Aboriginal learning
processes. It also seeks to engage educators in a dialogue at the common ground
between Indigenous and mainstream pedagogies (Yunkaporta, 2010).



Figure 1: 8ways Aboriginal Pedagogy Framework (Yunkaporta, 2010).

8 Ways of learning lesson plan: Intertidal coastline Science / Level 8 / Science
Understanding / Biological sciences (Focus on Wilsons Promontory)
Tell a story
Get class to sit in a circle and tell them a story of an intertidal coastline at
Wilson Promontory, with people, animals, birds and fish character
references. Making note of significant biotic and abiotic features that paint a
picture of the surrounding.
Make a plan
Draw a map of where it is located and get students to close their eyes and
visualise it and what is taking place there right now.
Think and do
Have some beach materials at the class for students to touch, smell, see,
feel etc and stimulate their sensors. E.g. Sea weeds, sand, rocks, melaleuca
leaves, yellow box eucalyptus leaves etc
Draw it
Get students to draw an artefact or landscape they visualised and label
features it if appropriate.
Take it outside
Change the classes environment. Go outside and sit down. Tell them to
imagine surviving solely on the intertidal coastline. Ask questions of the
students like - how do we learn from the land? How do we learn from
nature?
Try a new way
We have a class discussion and brainstorm to piece together ideas and
different thought processes on surviving using an intertidal coastline.
Watch first, then do
Go back inside classroom and watch a video outlining intertidal coastlines
and then answer questions.
Share it with others
Share your answers to questions with a partner or others close by.