You might try using a combination of these keywords to help you get started with your search for relevant literature.
The following search terms have been tested in a range of search tools, including Education databases and Google Scholar, and are helpful for structuring a search approach.
These keywords are useful for locating literature on a range of topics such as integrating Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum.
| Curriculum | First Nations | Schools | Decolonisation |
|
Culturally responsive pedagogy Cultural competency Embedding Indigenous knowledge Indigenous curriculum Indigenising curriculum Indigenizing curriculum Culturally relevant education Cultural awareness Cultural gap |
Indigenous Peoples Aboriginal Australians Indigenous Australians Torres Strait Islanders Maori education Indigenous Canadians Indigenous education Native American education |
Education Students Teachers classrooms High school Secondary school Primary school Elementary school Middle school |
Decolonise Decolonization Non-colonial Western paradigm Eurocentrism cognitive imperialism anti-colonial |
These keywords and phrases can be used with databases or Google Scholar to help you to find journal articles.
Examples of combining keywords into search statements
Note: The use of the * is a truncation symbol that will find multiple words in most databases, e.g. decolonise or decolonisation.