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Text context
Context of reception considers the social, historical, and cultural conditions in which a text is responded to. It considers elements such as the reader’s or viewer’s background, the dominant ideas and attitudes of the time, current world issues, the reader’s knowledge of the subject matter or setting within the text, and so on.
- History of Closing the Gap
Timeline going backwards from 2021 to 2005 - 'Time for truth-telling': Understanding Indigenous disadvantage in AustraliaStemming from historical injustices, Indigenous disadvantage continues to affect First Nations people resulting in shorter life expectancy, poor health and education outcomes and disproportionately higher incarceration rates.
- National Agreement on Closing the Gap
he objective of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the National Agreement) is to enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and governments to work together to overcome the inequality experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and achieve life outcomes equal to all Australians.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and CulturesOverview
The Australian Curriculum sets consistent national standards to improve learning outcomes for all young Australians. ACARA acknowledges the gap in learning outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their non-Indigenous peers. It recognises the need for the Australian Curriculum to provide every opportunity possible to ‘close the gap’.
Therefore, the Australian Curriculum is working towards addressing two distinct needs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education:
* that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are able to see themselves, their identities and their cultures reflected in the curriculum of each of the learning areas, can fully participate in the curriculum and can build their self-esteem
* that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority is designed for all students to engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s oldest continuous living cultures.
- National Sorry Day 2020Every year on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.
Your personal values and attitudes will influence the way you respond to a text. For example, do you value equality and have the attitude that everyone should have equal rights, despite any differences? If so, you will respond to Freedom Ride by rejecting certain characters, and agreeing with others.
Your family will also impact how you respond to a text. Perhaps they have already read the text and shared their opinions on it, which would thus influence your own. How close you are with your family, and how many members are in it, will influence your connection to characters in a text.
Your level of education will influence your response to a text. Have you been taught about a text’s subject matter in school? For 1 week? 1 year? Many years? How do your teachers treat the subject matter? All of these things, will influence your response.
These are just some factors to consider, when considering your personal context. There are more!