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Can We Educate and Train Aboriginal Leaders with our Tertiary Education Systems?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Dennis Foley
Dennis Foley*
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Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308, Australia
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Abstract

The concept of Aboriginal leadership often results in debate. The fundamental question raised is if Australian Aboriginal people are equal members of a pluralistic society that is based on co-operation and consensuses then how can you have a leader? Consequently who determines leadership or is a leader someone that in effect is more equal than others? Is leadership an attribute gained from within Aboriginal society or is leadership as we currently define it taught within the education structures of settler society? This paper briefly examines leadership from a postcolonial contemporary Aboriginal position, reviewing existing leadership education programs.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , 2010 , pp. 138 - 150
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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