This document has been developed with the extensive direction and expert knowledge of the members of the Working Party and serves as an annexure to the APAC Evidence guide. The Working Party recommends that providers focus their attention to this criterion from the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as a matter of precedence. Although this focus is not expected nor is it intended to be the exclusive focus of culturally responsive teaching and learning, prioritising cultural responsiveness with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will support students of psychology to achieve learning outcomes and reflexive practice that are translatable when working with diverse and multicultural peoples and groups in Australia. This focus also honours the historical and cultural importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia and is in alignment with initiatives made by APAC, Australian Psychological Society (APS), Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA), and Ahpra, to increase cultural responsiveness. Accordingly, the definitions that follow are articulated through an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lens and can be extended to cultural responsiveness to other cultures, and to define the concept of culture beyond a focus of ethnicity. To unpack criterion 3.8, this document (1) expands and clarifies the intention of the criterion, (2) provides evidentiary requirements that providers should consider, and (3) includes examples of supporting evidence indicated in broad terms to allow providers flexibility in both how they present evidence mapped against the AIPEP Curriculum Framework, and pedagogical principles, and the type of evidence used.
The information contained on this website has been sourced by the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) and AIPEP 2. The first AIPEP was funded by the Australian Government Office of Teaching and Learning. AIPEP 2 is part of the Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Project, funded by the Million Minds Mission Grant. The views expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Office of Teaching and Learning or the Million Minds Mission Grant.
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