Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) Partnership program

Project Member(s): Bodkin-Andrews, G.

Funding or Partner Organisation: University of Wollongong

Start year: 2015

Summary: The Parties will work in partnership with the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) to analyze and evaluate progress against key performance indicators for AIME partnership projects with universities and report on the viability of the expansion of the AIME model to increase the reach and impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students across Australia. (Note* research phase of project already completed)

Publications:

McMahon, S, Harwood, V, Bodkin-Andrews, G, O’Shea, S, McKnight, A, Chandler, P & Priestly, A 2017, 'Lessons from the AIME approach to the teaching relationship: valuing biepistemic practice', Pedagogy, Culture & Society, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 43-58.
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O'Shea, S, McMahon, S, Priestly, A, Bodkin-Andrews, G & Harwood, V 2016, ''WE ARE HISTORY IN THE MAKING AND WE ARE WALKING TOGETHER TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER': EXPLORING THE FLOWS AND RIPPLES OF LEARNING IN A MENTORING PROGRAMME FOR INDIGENOUS YOUNG PEOPLE', EDUCATION AS CHANGE, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 59-84.
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Harwood, V, McMahon, S, O'Shea, S, Bodkin-Andrews, G & Priestly, A 2015, 'Recognising aspiration: the AIME program's effectiveness in inspiring Indigenous young people's participation in schooling and opportunities for further education and employment', AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 217-236.
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Keywords: Indigenous Australians, Mentoring, education

FOR Codes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.