Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”

Michelle Johnston; Dawn Bennett; Bonita Mason; Chris Thomson

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22153-3_13

Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”

Michelle Johnston, Dawn Bennett, Bonita Mason, Chris Thomson

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Service learning is gaining greater recognition in Australian universities as a powerful and effective means by which students can learn about Aboriginal peoples and cultures. Working in and with communities provides opportunities for students to form personal relationships with Aboriginal peoples that can have long-term benefits for all participants. One of the first steps in establishing a service-learning program will inevitably be to decide on a location. Is a service-learning program located in a remote Aboriginal community of more benefit to students than one located in an urban community? This chapter describes a service-learning program that was established for media students in collaboration with Aboriginal community groups in Perth, Western Australia. It discusses why an urban community was the answer to our question of where and how an urban service-learning program might build strong and lasting community relationships and provide a transformative learning experience for students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning
Subtitle of host publication	Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations)
Editors	Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Dawn Bennett, Anne Power, Naomi Sunderland
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	193-210
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-22153-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-22152-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22153-3_13
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education
Publisher	Springer
Volume	18
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-0069

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Engaging first peoples in arts-based service learning: Towards respectful and mutually beneficial educational practices
Bartleet, B. L. (ed.), Bennett, D. (ed.), Power, A. (ed.) & Sunderland, N. (ed.), 2016, Cham: Springer. 275 p. (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education (LAAE); vol. 18)
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Johnston, M., Bennett, D., Mason, B., & Thomson, C. (2016). Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”. In B.-L. Bartleet, D. Bennett, A. Power, & N. Sunderland (Eds.), Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations) (pp. 193-210). (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education; Vol. 18). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22153-3_13

Johnston, Michelle ; Bennett, Dawn ; Mason, Bonita et al. / Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”. Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations). editor / Brydie-Leigh Bartleet ; Dawn Bennett ; Anne Power ; Naomi Sunderland. Cham : Springer, 2016. pp. 193-210 (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education).

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Johnston, M, Bennett, D, Mason, B & Thomson, C 2016, Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”. in B-L Bartleet, D Bennett, A Power & N Sunderland (eds), Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations). Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol. 18, Springer, Cham, pp. 193-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22153-3_13

Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”. / Johnston, Michelle; Bennett, Dawn; Mason, Bonita et al.
Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations). ed. / Brydie-Leigh Bartleet; Dawn Bennett; Anne Power; Naomi Sunderland. Cham: Springer, 2016. p. 193-210 (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education; Vol. 18).

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Johnston M, Bennett D, Mason B, Thomson C. Service Learning in an Urban Aboriginal Community: “Real Aborigines Don’t Just Live in the Bush”. In Bartleet BL, Bennett D, Power A, Sunderland N, editors, Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices Editors (view affiliations). Cham: Springer. 2016. p. 193-210. (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22153-3_13

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