Enhancing English Literacy Skills In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students: A review of the literature and case studies in primary schools (1998)

ACER Research Monograph No. 54 Authors: Margaret Batten, Tracey Frigo, Paul Hughes and Natascha McNamara Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research, 19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC 3124 This is a standard work on its topic. It reviews the nature of the debate and contributions to it, describes basic strategies and elucidates them with 12 helpful case studies. Easy reading, with lots of important ideas.

How We Learn What We Need To Know: A selection of literacy and numeracy case studies from NSW primary schools that have achieved enhanced outcomes for Aboriginal students (2000)

Publisher: Board of Studies New South Wales, GPO Box 5300, Sydney NSW 2001
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

This book presents case studies of seven New South Wales primary schools that developed educational programs and teaching strategies specifically for Aboriginal students. The aim of the project was to identify what works effectively with Aboriginal students, and to describe how the programs were developed. Topics inlcude;

You can find Health, ASSPA, Mathematics, Buddy Reading Programs, SOSE, Aboriginal parent tutoring, report writing, literacy skills groups, and the one I especially like 'Count me in too' Numeracy Program K-2. These case studies not only tell us what happened, but what materials were used, how the timetable worked and so on.