"The Alice Springs Declaration" - Desert Inspiration Connecting Teachers in the Mainstream

  • Dr Kurt Seemann, Southern Cross University - DKCRC CP4, Australia
  • The education system is at the front end of a national change. One towards innovation and national professional quality. On the 13th of June 2008, a diverse group of 27 talented Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers and students, completed a 15 month national project co-sponsored by the DKCRC and the Curriculum Corporation to create a primary to secondary chart guiding phases of "Appropriate Experiential Expectations of Development" that fosters and advances national technacy and innovation talent in students. "The Alice Springs Declaration" made on the grounds of the DK precinct, presents the work where the desert inspired the mainstream.