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5.08/20/2025

Creates dynamic and thought-provoking lessons.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages deep understanding and curiosity.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages critical thinking and analysis.

4.02/27/2025

Always fair, constructive, and supportive.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Catherine

Catherine Burgess is Professor in Community-led Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. She holds the position of Associate Dean Indigenous Strategies and Services and coordinates the Learning from Country and Leadership in Aboriginal Education programs. With extensive prior teaching and leadership experience in secondary schools, Burgess specializes in Indigenous education, decolonising education, cultural mentoring, Aboriginal community-controlled cultural immersion, pedagogies for Aboriginal students, culturally nourishing schooling, and Country-centred teaching and learning. Her work emphasizes Aboriginal community-led approaches to teacher professional learning and curriculum development, particularly through immersion programs and systematic reviews of educational outcomes for First Nations students.