{"id":793,"date":"2016-07-26T00:33:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/?p=793"},"modified":"2016-07-29T19:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:32:28","slug":"outside-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/outside-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the differences S1 sees between the majority of her other classes and her Aboriginal Studies class is that in most classes &#8220;[t]hey just tell you what you need to know to pass the test whereas the teacher L2 tells us \u2018Oh this is where you should go to experience this Aboriginal festival\u2019&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a>). She terms this &#8220;extending knowledge outside the classroom&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/15\/interview-with-s1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This knowledge can be divided into two groups. The first one contains advice that might be helpful for the students, such as tips for applying for a job (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cShe then explains how the knowledge about reconciliation and RAPs can help the students when they are applying for a job.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/02\/28\/class-1-lecture-27102015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Lecture 27\/10\/2015<\/a><\/span>) and a traditional cure for a flu or cold (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAs many people are having a cold or flu at the moment, L2 gives us recommendations on how to protect ourselves against it and how to get well quickly.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-27082015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 27\/08\/2015<\/a><\/span>). The other type of outside knowledge provided could be described as information which is of general interest or even as fun facts. L2, for example, tells her student about an Aboriginal newspaper (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cAs we answer the questions on the board in groups, L2 shows us an Aboriginal newspaper lying on the desk at the front and explains a bit about it.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-27082015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 27\/08\/2015<\/a><\/span>), a football tournament\u00a0(<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cLike I think there was a big footy tournament so she went to that and she talked about that and that was pretty cool.\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/04\/03\/interview-with-s3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with S3<\/a><\/span>), different types of boomerangs (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-03092015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 03\/09\/2015<\/a><\/span>) and a specific plant (<span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"\u201cIt is a plant which has a long piece of wood in its middle from which spears were made, she explains. Because of its peculiar shape, colonists often thought there was a person hiding behind it&lt;em&gt;.&lt;\/em&gt;\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-16092015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 17\/09\/2015<\/a><\/span>). This knowledge is clearly directed at the students&#8217; interests and tries to bring the\u00a0real life into the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Both L2 and L3 underline the importance of outside knowledge by stating that learning is not restricted to a classroom setting. Indeed, L3 &#8220;would love to do a lot more [&#8230;] experiences outside the classroom\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/03\/06\/interview-with-l3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with L3<\/a>) and according to L2, \u201c[w]hat one can learn from everyday situations is incredible&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2015\/11\/19\/class-1-tutorial-23112015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Class 1: Tutorial 29\/10\/2015<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of all quotes relating to outside knowledge, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/27\/quotes-for-outside-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To get an overview over all categories and further explanations, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/categories\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the differences S1 sees between the majority of her other classes and her Aboriginal Studies class is that in most classes &#8220;[t]hey just tell you what you need to know to pass the test whereas the teacher L2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/2016\/07\/26\/outside-knowledge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2625,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[345399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concepts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}