Welcome
Indij Readers is an innovative and unique, not-for-profit company that develops and publishes contemporary, Indigenous literacy materials for Indigenous and non Indigenous students learning to read and write. Indij Readers Ltd is listed on the Australian Register of Cultural Organisations and donations to Indij Readers are tax deductible.
Indij Readers For Big Fullas and Little Fullas is a collection of literacy acquisition classroom stories, accompanying teachers’ guides and other support materials (CD/audio, VHS/DVD film). The collection comprises stories from urban and rural communities around NSW and Victoria.
The aim of Indij Readers’ stories is twofold: to help students learn to read; and to encourage and support teachers to explore with their students, contemporary Indigenous perspectives and issues, and thus progress Reconciliation in Australia. The stories deal in a relaxed and often amusing way with issues that affect the lives of all children: culture, family, self esteem, pride, setting goals and working toward them, good health, humour, tolerance and school attendance.
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Current Project
Indij Readers is currently building on the success of the established school-based stories and lesson notes by developing a Community Writers’ Kit (CWK). The CWK will enable a community to develop its own culturally relevant, engaging and authentic reading resources. The professional development training delivered by Indij Readers with the CWK, to make good story publication possible, will also give community education workers valuable expertise and skills. A pilot study conducted in 2006-07 demonstrated that the process of community story-making also increases social cohesion and triggers other positive activities. The elegance of this initiative is that it can grow independently in a community to reflect its unique attributes, and deliver more pragmatic outcomes such as an increase in capacity and social capital within a community.
Indij Readers anticipates the CWK will be available in 2009.
