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Teaching Aboriginal Curriculum Content In Australian High Schools, Sarah Booth
Teaching Aboriginal Curriculum Content In Australian High Schools, Sarah Booth
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Many misconceptions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders stem from Australia’s period of colonisation in the 18th and 19th centuries when Indigenous people were believed to be inferior by European settlers. It is disturbing that after 200 years these negative ideas still exist and are often perpetuated through the mass media. Even though schools are well positioned to challenge these colonial values; unfortunately there are many factors which affect the depth and quality of teaching Aboriginal content, such as culture, history and contemporary issues.
The government has aimed to disperse the inconsistencies associated with teaching Aboriginal perspectives by implementing a …
Religious Schools In Australia's Education System: An Investigation Of The Social And Civic Implications, Graeme L. Cross
Religious Schools In Australia's Education System: An Investigation Of The Social And Civic Implications, Graeme L. Cross
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
In the past 20 years the number of religious schools present within Australia’s educational marketplace has grown prolifically. In response, concerns have been raised and it has been asserted that the lack of religious diversity within these schools may impede development of the competencies young Australians need in order to engage relationally in pluralistic social settings. Social capital theorists refer to the act of engaging relationally in the midst of social diversity as bridging and the relational networks that form as being a source of bridging social capital.
This study sought to understand how the educative environment of religious …