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Publication Date: 2018
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Navigating the "Inter" in Intercultural Education
Salter, Peta; Maxwell, Jacinta
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v39 n1 p15-30 2018
The structure of the Australian national curriculum encompasses engagement with "intercultural education". Significantly, the context from which the curriculum was developed was heavily influenced by a multiculturalist ideology in which notions of cohesion and harmony were dominant. Therefore, those working with the curriculum need to understand the limited ways in which ideas of "diverse" culture might be constructed. As a cultural text this curriculum is a place of encounter between teachers and the various influences on the curriculum document itself. We assert that the perpetuation of ideographs in the context and text of the curriculum, underpin how "intercultural understanding" is positioned in the Australian Curriculum, and limit the narrative possibility of this encounter. It is essential to identify and interrogate such ideographs if we are to be cognisant of the complex politics of national curriculums and opportunities to "re-open" the place for encounter.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, National Curriculum, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Educational Policy, Cultural Pluralism, Indigenous Populations, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Discourse Analysis, Policy Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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