"The need for art educator's to accommodate for a multi-cultural society, when looking at the curriculum for R-7-. ... Promote the study of Asia within teacher education. ... In spite of the marginalisation of The Arts in both pre-servicing teacher education and in the primary school curriculum, the classroom teacher is given only minor attention in the field of art education. ... "Education in Australia is going to reflect more and more the cultural variety that is present in society and by doing this it is going to be real humanistic education- (Husak M. 1979). ... Aims of the Ar...

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This focus on basic skills is taking much needed time and attention away from multicultural education, and the teaching of social justice skills. ... Because they feel that public schools are low-stakes they students and their students are not having the proper education. ... According to Au (2009), since multi-cultural anti-racist perspectives and content are not deemed legitimate by the high-stakes tests and classroom standards, the result is that multicultural, anti-racist content and perspectives and not being included in the instruction time or curriculum. ... First, new curriculum, and ...

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There are numerous publications and policies relating to this cultural group, these include the Race Relation Amendment Act (RRAA), the Swann Report and the Plowden Report. ... O'Hanlon and Holmes (2004) also imply that lessons can be affected by teachers being unaware of the cultural beliefs and morals instilled into the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. ... There are mixed views regarding the inclusion of GRT pupils in mainstream education. ... O'Hanlon and Holmes (2004) also highlight the concerns of the GRT children, as their parents have instilled in to them that their cultu...

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David (1992:41) states that "As education and training have moved up the political agenda, we have witnessed the entry of industry and politics into 'secret garden' of education. Indeed politics does find itself influencing the effectiveness of education in a great deal. ... Such a political influence would affect the education system. ... This education system is aimed at providing two pathways as the name suggests. ... Cultural changes in society also influence the effectiveness of a curriculum. ...

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One of those sub-disciplines is now known as technology and teacher education or ITTE. ... They include the specialized journals, Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, and Journal of Information Technology and Teacher Education, as well as the Technology and Teacher Education Annual, published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (www.aace.org). ... It also should be noted that the two major journals for teacher educators, (a) The Journal of Teacher Education (Vol. 47, No. 3), and (b) Action in Teacher Education (Vol...

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The bigger the bulk of education still goes to basic education. ... B) Household expenditure on education Households spent 3.7 percent of their income on education in 1997. ... (See table 10) 62 percent funded private education, while the rest went to public education. Basic education took up 61 percent with 34 going to elementary and 26 to high school education. ... The major part of household financing of private education went to tertiary education, which amounts to 52 percent, while elementary education receiving 21 percent and secondary education receiving 26 percent. ...

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I aim to walk through part of the journey of the education system. ... Many are asking "Where is education headed in the 21st Century?" ... The story begins with Education System (Ed for short). ... It was a culturally specific invention. ... Education was designed and built around the printed word. ...

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Additional research is needed to determine just how strong those correlations are compared with other classes and if there is a cultural connection and, ideally, if these behaviors can be shared and taught to other parents. ... Can these characteristics be identified and somehow taught to others, or are these just instinctual, possibly even cultural, behaviors that people simply possess?... X, a low-income urban school in East New York, when parents are not directly engaged in their child's education, the student's level of achievement suffers. ... Parent involvement is multi-dimens...

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The process of devolution has been a gradual one, and therefore due to differing socio-cultural and political climates, there is no single model of devolution. ... Meadmore identifies that early in Australian history (1872-1893), all Australian colonies had education acts that made education the responsibility of the states, through education departments. ... The ideal of education at that time also looked uponuniversal? education as providingpublic good for society? ... to improve structure, competitiveness, flexibility and multi-skilling and economic rationalisation, to name a few. ...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. ... Unz, a Silicon Valley millionaire and conservative Republican who has no children or background in education and has never set foot in a bilingual education class. ... Many multi-cultural citizens have accepted such natural response, however, many argue that it is important for them to maintain a sense of awareness and clear knowledge of their native culture and traditions. ... Early opinion polls showed widespread support, including among Latinos, for elimi...

• Word Count: 3729
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate