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CHAPTER XXII

STUDENTS’ THEORIZING ABOUT WORLDS OF MEANING

22.1 Introduction

It has been shown in Chapter XIX that the theorizing about
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Aboriginal identity of reality definers in the school situation is
positive. However, it was found (Chapters XX-XXI) that the
typification of Aboriginal people by Hon-Aboriginal students was
negative.

In spite of this, the self-typification of Aborigines was
positive,
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Manifestly this self-image is not formed by internalising the
typifications. of other students.

It is concluded that it is formed by interaction with the
positive theorizing of the school personnel, and the positive
theorizing of Aboriginal people interacting with government policies
of the seventies and eighties.

However, it may also be possible that non-Aboriginal students may
theorize positively about Aborigines,despite the fact that they typify
them negatively.

In order to tap ’rudimentary’ theorizing of the students,
statements were composedɪ, taken directly from Aboriginal writings
or interviews. The statements either gave the Aboriginal
point of view, or their perception of the point of view of the
white world with relation to the Aboriginal ’world*.

See p. 83-84 for an account of
the constitution of Schedule II.

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