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In 2021 esteemed Professor Rigney was appointed member in the General Division (AM) for significant service to Indigenous Education and to social inclusion research. He is Co-chair of Pedagogies for Justice Research Group and Professor of Education in the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, Education Unit, University of South Australia. He was also Distinguished Fellow at Kings College, London, Menzies Australia Institute. He is Adjunct Professor at the Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand and Deakin University. One of Australia’s most respected Aboriginal educationalists, Professor Rigney is a descendant of the Narungga, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. He is an expert on Aboriginal and Minority Education of the Pacific. He is also a Scientific Committee Member for the Foundation Reggio Children Centro Loris Malaguzzi. He has been recognised nationally for sustained and outstanding contributions to research in education by the Australian Council of Educational Leaders – one of Australia most prestigious scientific organisations. In 2018 the Australian Council of Educational Leaders awarded Professor Rigney its highest honour for writing – the Hedley Beare Award. Over the past three decades, he has been a member of several high profile expert committees including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare COAG 'Closing the Gap' Scientific Reference Group, the National Aboriginal Reference Group 25 year Indigenous Education Plan and Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority, National Languages Curriculum Reference Group. Professor Rigney was the inaugural Co-Chair of Ethics Council for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. In 2009 Professor Rigney was co-author of the review of the National Indigenous Education document Australian Directions for the Federal Government. Since 2016 Professor Rigney has been Scientific Expert on Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC). His professional standing in education saw him inducted into the Australian College of Educators (ACE) in 1998. He is well published and has led several research teams funded by the Australian Research Council and other competitive grants including: Indigenist Research Epistemologies a Historical Journey of Conviction, Contradiction and Transformation; Addressing the Gap between Policy and Implementation: Strategies for Improving Educational Outcomes of Indigenous Students; and Towards an Australian culturally responsive pedagogy.
Professor Rigney is best known for his work on Indigenist Research Epistemologies and Aboriginal Education that puts him at the forefront for early learning, schooling and language rights from 1990s to the 2000s. According to Rigney’s three principles of Indigenist epistemology – schools, teachers and researchers must build community partnerships and embed Aboriginal cultures as driving force for transformative, culturally responsive education. Many teachers and policy writers have been inspired by Rigney’s writings that promotes the idea that culturally responsive schooling is built from the experiences and abilities students bring to class. Professor Rigney has worked across the Pacific on Indigenous Education from New Zealand, Taiwan to Canada. He received an honorary United Nations award from the Australian Chapter for his work on Indigenous Education. In 2011 he won the National Aboriginal scholar of the Year NAIDOC. In the same year he was appointed by the Australian Government Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, to the First Peoples Education Advisory Group that advised on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood and school education. He has also been was ministerially appointed Ambassador for Aboriginal Education. He has been a member of several high profile expert committees including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare COAG 'Closing the Gap' Scientific Reference Group, the National Aboriginal Reference Group 25 year Indigenous Education Plan and Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority, National Languages Curriculum Reference Group. Professor Rigney was the inaugural Co-Chair of Ethics Council for the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples. He co-authored the review of the National Indigenous Education document Australian Directions that informed for a decade the Federal Government’s Closing the Gap policy. Professor Rigney is in constant demand as a commentator on national and international Indigenous matters and has published widely on Education, Languages and Knowledge transmission.
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Katie Maher,Lester-Irabinna Rigney, Mikayla King,Robyne Garrett,Joel Windle,Nadeem Memon,Alison Wrench,Jenni Carter,Kathryn Paige,Lisa O’Keeffe, Margaret Lovell,Samantha Schulz,
Curriculum Perspectivespp.1-15, (2024)
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PEDAGOGY CULTURE AND SOCIETYpp.1-18, (2023)
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Routledge eBookspp.10-19, (2023)
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Routledge eBookspp.211-221, (2023)
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