In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agi Bodis speaks with Dr Carly Steele (Curtin University, Perth) about researching education with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and how to enable culturally and linguistically responsive teaching. They discuss the importance of positionality when working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts, and why it matters in collaborative work with communities.
Through her professional experience in the On-Country Teacher Education program in Western Australia, Carly reflects on the way educational scholarship is rooted in community engagement. The conversation provides insights into the needs of teacher education to better prepare graduate teachers and an example for an innovative pedagogical approach co-created with community and one that reflects the local language, culture and Country.
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References
Steele, C., Dobinson, T., Dovchin, S., Robinson, C., Oakley, G., Cumming-Potvin, W., Gower, G., Grace, K., & Manado, S. (2026). Exploring land, language and culture through playworld translanguaging: one child’s meaning-making practices. Language, Culture, and Curriculum, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2026.2666552
Steele, C., Chen, J., Andreassen, K., Dobinson, T., Dryden, S., Veliz, L., Partridge, D., Michell, M., Turnbull, M., Schiavi, M., & Stewart, B. (2025). To what extent do Australian universities offer dedicated units to prepare pre-service teachers to support EAL/D learners? TESOL in Context, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.21153/tesol2025vol33no2art2108
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