August 25, 2020
USyd’s community classrooms show the power of Indigenising education
Author: Deaundre Espejo
Last semester, as university students were plunged into quarantine, 17 were working with Indigenous organisations from their bedrooms and balconies.
Through the interdisciplinary unit FASS3500 – Service Learning in Indigenous Communities (SLIC), they developed solutions to high-priority issues such as funding shortages as well as social restrictions that have prevented many organisations from operating.
“More than any other university course, SLIC allowed for an exploration of Aboriginal self-de