ERIC Number: EJ811333
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
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Warrki Jarrinjaku "Working Together Everyone and Listening": Growing Together as Leaders for Aboriginal Children in Remote Central Australia
Priest, Kathryn; King, Sharijn; Nangala, Irene; Brown, Wendy Nungurrayi; Nangala, Marilyn
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v16 n1 p117-130 Mar 2008
This article outlines an early childhood leadership model that senior Anangu and Yapa (Aboriginal) women, living semi-traditional lifestyles in the remote desert regions of central Australia, have identified as a positive and important way forward for their children, families, governments and related professionals. The initiative--Warrki Jarrinjaku Jintangkamanu Purananjaku (Warrki Jarrinjaku), Warlpiri for "working together everyone and listening"--is a collaboration between senior Anangu and Yapa women from the central desert, Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Organisation (Waltja) and the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). It is also known as the Aboriginal Child Rearing Strategy (ACRS). This article also discusses some of the key findings from the Warrki Jarrinjaku ACRS project and explores its emerging influence in early childhood practice within Australia and internationally. (Contains 8 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries, Community Action, Community Coordination, Communities of Practice, Transformational Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Womens Studies, Leadership Training, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Developmental Tasks
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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