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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED236071 AUTHOR: Falk, Barbara, Ed.; Harris, Joy, Ed.
TITLE: Unity in Diversity: Multicultural Education in
Australia.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 224 p.
AVAILABILITY: Australian College of Education, 916 Swanston
Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 ($5.00).
ABSTRACT: Papers presented at two institutes held in
Australia to discuss multicultural education are presented.
Topics discussed include demographic background of
Australia, principles of Australian pluralism, problems and
issues for teachers making decisions on curriculum, the
educational experience of children of migrant origin, the
objectives and implementation of multicultural education,
a case study of an Aboriginal school, the experience of the
Strelley Station school, which has provided a model and
inspiration for bilingual education and community
involvement, a case study of a school where the children
are predominantly Anglo-Saxon, a description of St. John's
Greek Orthodox College, key issues raised by a national
survey of ethnic schools in Australia 1981-82, implications
of multicultural education for teacher education, a
national language policy, commonwealth initiatives in
multicultural education, educational theories and
practices, cultural and linguistic factors affecting the
educational achievements of Aboriginals, influences of
ethnic community organizations on multicultural education,
strategies for the development of a multicultural education
curriculum, ethnic and racial prejudice in Australia, and
policies and programs for the teaching of languages. A list
of participants is included.
(RM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Bilingual-Education; Case-Studies;
Community-Involvement; Comparative-Education; Cultural
Background; Cultural-Pluralism; Curriculum-Development;
Demography-; Educational-Objectives; Educational-Practices;
Educational-Theories; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Ethnic
Groups; Foreign-Countries; Higher-Education; Migrant
Children; National-Surveys; Organizations-Groups; Racial
Bias; Second-Language-Learning; Teacher-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Multicultural-Education
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