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What is the primary goal of the Empowerment Discourse approach?
What is the primary goal of the Empowerment Discourse approach?
What percentage of participants experienced a post-modern complexifying approach to questioning racial hegemonies?
What percentage of participants experienced a post-modern complexifying approach to questioning racial hegemonies?
What is the primary characteristic of the Intercultural/Both-ways/Two-ways Discourse approach?
What is the primary characteristic of the Intercultural/Both-ways/Two-ways Discourse approach?
What is the primary focus of the critical anti-racism/diversity approach?
What is the primary focus of the critical anti-racism/diversity approach?
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What is the outcome for students who experience a post-modern complexifying approach or critical approaches?
What is the outcome for students who experience a post-modern complexifying approach or critical approaches?
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What is the primary focus of the Human Rights Education discourse in the context of education?
What is the primary focus of the Human Rights Education discourse in the context of education?
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What is the ultimate goal of the Multilingual Multicultural Discourse approach in education?
What is the ultimate goal of the Multilingual Multicultural Discourse approach in education?
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What is the primary objective of Critical Anti-Racist/Multi-culturalism Education Discourses?
What is the primary objective of Critical Anti-Racist/Multi-culturalism Education Discourses?
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What is the role of Indigenous/cultural representatives in the Multilingual Multicultural Discourse approach?
What is the role of Indigenous/cultural representatives in the Multilingual Multicultural Discourse approach?
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What is the primary focus of the Multicultural Discourse approach in education?
What is the primary focus of the Multicultural Discourse approach in education?
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Study Notes
Critical Anti-Racist/Multi-culturalism Education Discourses
- Facilitate integrated whole school approaches towards cultural reform and decolonising efforts
- Value local representative language and culture/s among students, staff, and locals
- Combat racism, discrimination, and cultural elitism by addressing the "race/ethnicity" issue in education
- Redress curricula that privilege dominant/colonising views
- Implemented in the Australian Curriculum, focusing on multiculturalism and human rights in geography, science, and student diversity education policies
Multicultural Discourse
- Questions unequal power structures within society and how they construct identity, difference, and otherness
- Pushes back against mono-culture, promoting an equity-oriented pedagogy
- Uses ethnically/racially diverse texts and interrogates Eurocentrism
- Aims to develop multi-literate students
Multilingual Multicultural Discourse
- Uses two or more languages as the languages of instruction
- Teaches cultural and course content, aiming for students to be multi-literate
- Employs Indigenous/cultural representatives as literacy workers, lit production supervisors, and teacher-linguists
Human Rights Education (HRE) Discourse
- Emphasizes the human right to access and participate in all levels of education without discrimination
- Protects, respects, and responds to students' rights
- Pedagogy is centered on rights-based information/laws in a rights-respecting environment
- Involves cooperative learning, inquiry, debate, and legal/rights aid
Empowerment Discourse
- Develops kids' self-belief and positive identity to overcome barriers
- Targets individual, social, and systemic change
- Aims to improve cultural pride through critical-democratic, cooperative, hands-on, and real-world approaches
- Raises expectations and promotes empowerment
Post-modern Complexifying ‘Race’ Education Discourses
- Allows students to deconstruct the 'truths' of race, ethnicity, and cultures as presented in cultural hegemony
- Teaches numerous realities and perspectives, providing opportunities for creative change and re-organisation of culture and identity
- Educates against the assumed importance and relevance of colonial or monoculture in knowledge formation and education
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Explore the importance of integrating multicultural and anti-racist approaches in education, addressing cultural reform, and combating racism and discrimination. Focusing on the Australian Curriculum, learn how to value local languages and cultures, and redress privileged curricula.
