TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes of classroom teachers to cultural diversity and multicultural education in country New South Wales, Australia
AU - Forrest, James
AU - Lean, Garth
AU - Dunn, Kevin
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Views of country school teachers towards multicultural education and anti-racism policy directives are examined against a background of a largely 'white' landscape but increasing numbers of language background other than English (LBOTE) immigrants. A 10 per cent response from a self-administered online survey of government primary and secondary classroom teachers in country New South Wales examines their attitudes to cultural diversity, goals of multicultural education, and anti-racist strategies. Though strongly supportive of attempts to combat racism, implementation in some schools lags behind intention. Whether on cultural diversity, multiculturalism or acknowledgement of racism, teacher attitudes are more tolerant than those in the wider communities the schools serve. But while among teachers and the wider community there is some level of intolerance and discrimination towards Aboriginal and LBOTE Australians, such attitudes do not vary significantly across country areas with different cultural diversity mixes, except for recognition of the needs of Aboriginal students among teachers.
AB - Views of country school teachers towards multicultural education and anti-racism policy directives are examined against a background of a largely 'white' landscape but increasing numbers of language background other than English (LBOTE) immigrants. A 10 per cent response from a self-administered online survey of government primary and secondary classroom teachers in country New South Wales examines their attitudes to cultural diversity, goals of multicultural education, and anti-racist strategies. Though strongly supportive of attempts to combat racism, implementation in some schools lags behind intention. Whether on cultural diversity, multiculturalism or acknowledgement of racism, teacher attitudes are more tolerant than those in the wider communities the schools serve. But while among teachers and the wider community there is some level of intolerance and discrimination towards Aboriginal and LBOTE Australians, such attitudes do not vary significantly across country areas with different cultural diversity mixes, except for recognition of the needs of Aboriginal students among teachers.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200115
U2 - 10.14221/ajte.2017v42n5.2
DO - 10.14221/ajte.2017v42n5.2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020436100
VL - 42
SP - 17
EP - 34
JO - Australian Journal of Teacher Education
JF - Australian Journal of Teacher Education
SN - 0313-5373
IS - 5
ER -