A society that is becoming multicultural need not discard its earlier history, culture, values, but must be ready and willing to accept the new. The encouragement of cultural diversity involves an approach to the curriculum in which due consideration is given to the knowledge that migrant children need about their new homeland and the knowledge that Australian children need about new Australians. The Asia Education Foundation (AEF) is an organisation specifically designed for Asian students in Australian schools. Their goals are to: Promote and support of the study of Asia across all ...

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Whilst there are many differences in implementation and structure, all state education departments in Australia have, in some form or another, have been involved in the devolution of power from a central bureaucracy to schools and other organisational units in the pursuit of better management of resources and outcomes. Meadmore emphasises that these forms of restructuring and deregulation of state school systems are in no way confined to Australia, with countries such as America, England, Wales and New Zealand all instigating policy in this regard. ... Meadmore identifies that early in Au...

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I will begin by looking at a brief overview of the history of schooling. ... (Whitehead 1999) South Australia was a very literate society. ... So why was mass compulsory schooling introduced in 1875 in South Australia? ... On the one hand, there is the world of the printed word with its emphasis on logic, sequence, history, exposition, objectivity, detachment, and discipline. ...

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Moreover, it was based on the Australian and British curriculums, as there was not one previously, it had to be based on something (McKenzie, 1992). ... Students were drilled in their education of reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, English grammar and composition, object lessons, vocal music, elementary science and drawing (The Education Act, 1877). ...

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The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the fi...

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