Introduction The following report will look at the case study of Student Housing Australia (SHA), Australia's first student housing real estate agency. ... Background Established in 1998, Student Housing Australia (SHA) was the first student housing real estate agency in Australia. ... Student Housing Australia's philosophy is simple, 'Quality, affordability, community and support'. ... Through doing this, Student Housing Australia has been recognized as a crucial contributor to the international student's experience whilst in Australia. ... Due to Student Ho...

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Their goals are to: Promote and support of the study of Asia across all curriculum in Australian schools. Develop Asia-related materials for Australian school children. ... Within these programs is everything that is needed to ensure that the Asian culture will be taught in Australian schools to a standard that is adequate to the AEF (The Arts: Workshop 5). ... If only there were more cultures willing to take the appropriate steps in setting up organizations such as the AEF our multicultural society would benefit greatly and the Australian school curriculum would be significantly suppo...

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In the classroom, this is imperative to the growth of students, as indigenous people believe education is inseparable from culture and culture is the basis of Indigenous Education (Craven, 1999). ... This culture of self-belief along with high expectations inspired students to achieve remarkable results (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2008). 1.3 Dealing with Issues Adhering to Indigenous Terms of Reference (ATR) protocols is an essential element of best practice in Aboriginal education. ... Symbolically and practically, the role of an AEO is at the heart of the success of many Indigenou...

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Aware of this relationship between the home environment and school success, over the years multiple programs have been developed within Australia and other countries, to develop closer relationships between schools and communities in order to enhance student performance. ... Thus, marginalised families that are diverse in their language, culture, ethnicity and class are often represented as a deficit discourse. In viewing these families as lacking, instruction in schools often continues to overemphasise the language, culture and values of the mainstream population as a way to resist the shif...

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This then puts the whole area of numeracy and mathematics into a need for contextualisation where numeracy involves abilities which include interpreting, applying and communicating mathematical information in commonly encountered situations (Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, 1997). Kepert (nd) and Roberts (nd) explain the socio-cultural differences for Aboriginal children of a culture that has never used numbers in the same way as Europeans to quantify, specify relationships, locate themselves or use shapes for designs. Bishop (1990) argues against the idea that mathematics is un...

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