Ethnicity & Multiculturalism
Students in Victoria’s schools come from many different ethnic backgrounds. As teachers we need to be able to cater for such ethnic diversity and celebrate difference.
Policies / Guidelines
- Victorian Multicultural Legislation
- Victorian Government Social Policy Plans
- Victorian Multicultural legislation: Multicultural Victoria Act 2004
- Victorian Multicultural Legislation: Racial and Religious Tolerance (RRT) Act 2001
- Multicultural Education Programs
Websites
- Multicultural Australia
- A Timeline History of Multicultural Australia
- Ethnicity (Australian)
- Ethnic Schools Association of Victoria (ESAV)
- South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability: Equity Cross-Curriculum Perspectives
Publications
- Singh, Garbutcheon, (1998). “It’s not easy being an Australian”: Education in a multicultural and multi-racist society. In J. Smyth, R. Hattam&M. Lawson (Eds).
- Schooling for a Fair Go (pp. 49-70). Annandale, NSW: Federation Press. (An e-reading text)\
- White, R.,&Wyn, J. (2004). Race, ethnicity and the other. In Youth and Society: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Youth Experience (pp. 36-57). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. (an e-reading text)