Year
1981
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Department of Education
Recommended Citation
Twomey, Alan Thomas, Cognition, language and culture: foundations for aboriginal schooling, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of Education, University of Wollongong, 1981. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1330
Abstract
The aim of this inquiry is to shed light on the nature of influences impeding the performance of Aboriginal children at school, and especially at tasks requiring number and language abilities. In recognition of the intricacy and interrelatedness of these influences, and of the inability of unidimensional perspectives of single disciplines to encompass fully this complexity, elements of an eclectic approach that draw, in particular, from the disciplines of education, history, anthropology, sociology, psychology and linguistics were adopted in the inquiryo
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.