Useful Resources
Sharing the True Stories :
Improving communication in Indigenous Health Care
www.cdu.edu.au/centres/stts/home.html
This web-site was created to support improved communication between health professionals and Indigenous clients.
Paulo Friere
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-freir.htm
Perhaps the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century, Paulo Freire has been particularly popular with informal educators with his emphasis on dialogue and his concern for the oppressed. ARDS utilises many of the principles introduced by Paulo Friere in it's educational practises.
FOBL : Friends of Bilingual Learning
http://groups.google.com.au/group/foblmail
The FOBL web portal provides links to documents and discussions about Bilingual learning, particularly with reference to the importance of bilingual learning in schools on aboriginal communites.