Reconciliation education explained

Reconciliation education is a teaching-learning framework for improving participants' attitudes toward other groups of people, developed in Australia by Adam Heaton.

Background

The term reconciliation relates to race relations in this context, as used in various countries around the world, including Australia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Reconciliation education was developed by Adam Paul Heaton based on findings from his 2014 PhD study.^{[7] [8]} The study found that as Australian Grade 8 students engaged in a positive discourse about Aboriginal Australians, they developed more positive attitudes toward the other group.^[9]

Description

The educational framework is aimed at improving attitudes and relationships among different groups of people.^{[10] [11]} The other group may possess characteristics diverse from participants' own, such as a different ethnicity, religion or political affiliation.^[12] Participants engage in awareness-raising, truth-telling, perspective-taking, imagination and empathy as they consider a positive discourse designed to counter negative and prejudiced attitudes toward the group (see Figure 1).^{[13] [14]}

Points of commonality exist with allophilia and reconciliation.^{[15] [16]}

See also

• Reconciliation in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . Reconciliation Australia . 11 October 2021.
2. Web site: Mulholland . Malcolm . New Zealand's indigenous reconciliation efforts show having a treaty isn't enough . . 11 May 2016 . 11 October 2021.
3. Sullivan . Ann . The politics of reconciliation in New Zealand . Political Science . Informa UK Limited . 68 . 2 . 2016 . 0032-3187 . 10.1177/0032318716676290 . 124–142. 151660268 .
4. Web site: Home page . Reconciliation Canada . 11 October 2021.
5. Web site: Maddison . Sarah . Indigenous reconciliation in the US shows how sovereignty and constitutional recognition work together . The Conversation . 16 May 2016 . 11 October 2021.
6. Web site: Brzozowski . Alexandra . Nordic countries set up Sámi reconciliation commissions to investigate indigenous injustices . www.euractiv.com . 7 April 2021 . 11 October 2021.
7. Web site: North Queensland Register. 14 October 2014. Positive results for anti-racism curriculum. 24 July 2020.
8. News: News24. 17 October 2014. Government not serious about racism – Aus teacher. 24 July 2020.
9. Heaton. Adam. 2018. Kids can show prejudice and teachers can show them another path . Issues in Educational Research . 28 . 4 . 940–954. 17 July 2020.
10. Web site: National Library of Australia. 2013. "I stopped to think" Aboriginal anti-racism pedagogy in middle school / Adam Paul Heaton.. 24 July 2020. Trove.
11. Web site: Charles Darwin University. December 2013. "I stopped to think" Aboriginal anti-racism pedagogy in middle school. 24 July 2020. Charles Darwin University.
12. Web site: Pittinsky . Todd . 2013 . Allophilia—a new framework for understanding effective intergroup leadership . 24 July 2020 . Center for Public Leadership . https://archive.today/20130620034033/http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=267&itemid=2 . 20 June 2013 . dead.
13. Web site: Heaton. Adam. 2020. Closing the gap between 'us' and 'them': The role of perspective taking and empathy in Reconciliation Education. International Journal of Arts and Social Science, 3(4), 52-8. 17 July 2020.
14. Web site: Heaton. Adam. 2020. Reconciliation Education: A new conceptual framework for interrupting prejudices and developing positive inter-group perspectives. International Journal of Education Humanities and Social Science, 3(2), 223-227. 17 July 2020.
15. Web site: 2018. Let's Bust Some Myths. Reconciliation Australia.
16. Heaton. Adam. 2020. Combatting racism to create a better Australia: the potential of the national cross-curriculum priority of teaching Aboriginal histories and cultures. Australian Aboriginal Studies. 1. AIATSIS. 17 July 2020.