Theory and research on bullying and racism from an Aboriginal Australian perspective
Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian, Paradies, Yin, Parada, Roberto, Denson, Nida, Priest, Naomi and Bansel, Peter 2012, Theory and research on bullying and racism from an Aboriginal Australian perspective, in AARE 2012 : Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2012 conference, Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 1-14.
Australian Association for Research in Education Conference
Start page
1
End page
14
Total pages
14
Publisher
Australian Association for Research in Education
Place of publication
Sydney, N.S.W.
Summary
This paper offers a brief review of research on the impact of bullying and racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia. The overarching emphasis was on the variety of physical, social, mental, and educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth, whilst also critiquing the prevailing literature with regard to its inclusion and sensitivity towards the importance of culture and connected values. Within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research setting, although a strong base of research on the impact of racism has emerged, research on the impact of bullying is more recent. In addition, while there may be considerable overlap as to the individual impact of bullying and racism, racism research has identified a wider cultural/identity-threat that bullying research (with a few exceptions) has largely ignored. As a result, there is a need to be sensitive to cultural differences with regard to both the types and effects of racism and bullying, and that efforts to understand and to lessen the prevalence of racism and bullying should be framed within the development of a culturally sensitive and secure framework (Coffin, 2008).
ISSN
1324-9320
Language
eng
Indigenous content
on
Field of Research
160803 Race and Ethnic Relations
Socio Economic Objective
959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
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