WILUNA EDUCATORS SHARE KNOWLEDGE AT 2-WAY SCIENCE CONFERENCE

Marion Cheedy with visitors from Wiluna outside the Ngaarda Media studios.

Educators and Elders from across the state gathered in Dampier last week to discuss how to share cultural knowledge in school science programs.

The CSIRO Living STEM 2-Way Sciences conference included tours of Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula.

A group from Wiluna Remote Community School traveled ten hours to attend.

The Wiluna Elders and teachers have delivered a 2-Way Science program for a number of years and shared their learnings with other conference participants.

Elder Lena Long said 2-Way Learning was important for school teachers who came into the community, as well as students.

“You take them out and teach them about us: us Aboriginal people and what we do with the land, like looking for bush tucker,” she said.

“We want to keep this going because we’re teaching our younger kids to keep their knowledge about Aboriginal culture going, so they don’t forget in the end later on.”

Listen to Marion Cheedy speak to Lena Long, Caroline Long, Anthea Cutter, Scott Olsen and Rebekah Fisher from Wiluna Remote Community School: