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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) offers online Guidelines on Intercultural Education. These guidelines provide an overview and fundamental understanding of an intercultural approach to education.
The document defines culture, education, language, religion, and diversity (among other concepts) and explains how their interrelation can help clarify what intercultural learning means. |
Introduction, organising elements and learning continuum for intercultural understanding.
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This wiki explores the Aboriginal pedagogy framework which consists of eight interconnected pedagogies involving narrative-driven learning, visualised learning processes, hands-on/reflective techniques, use of symbols/metaphors, land-based learning, indirect/synergistic logic, modelled/scaffolded genre mastery, and connectedness to community.
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Racism, No Way!
This is an interactive anti-racism education initiative supporting teachers by providing effective anti-racism education, practical strategies and examples for a variety of learning situations. It contains classroom resources including:
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Prejudice. No way!This website provides resources to assist students in years K-3 develop the foundation knowledge and skills needed to counter racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
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Explore diversity with this interactive online resource. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, Difference Differently offers modules in English, History, Geography and Civics & Citizenship for students in Years 3 to 10.
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Developing Intercultural Understanding
A train-the-trainer professional learning program and introduction for teachers produced by the Asia Education Foundation. An excellent starting point for professional learning. |
Achieving intercultural understanding
through the teaching of Asia perspectives in the Australian Curriculum: English and History. |
Intercultural
understanding through texts English K-10 Resource. This project supports teachers in focusing on the content and concepts in the NSW English K-10 Syllabus when programming, while addressing the general capability of intercultural understanding in units of learning. |
Cultural Exchange NSW
Cultural Exchange NSW provides resources to assist NSW teachers in integrating intercultural understanding across the curriculum. Included are resources which aim to develop knowledge about culture, cultural diversity and identity within the Australian context. |
Teaching Tolerance
A site for teachers to find thought-provoking news, conversation and resources that promote diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools. |
Crossroads The Crossroads program aims to prepare and support senior high school students as they encounter situations related to identity, independence and their changing responsibilities. Crossroads aims to build students’ sense of empowerment and respect for themselves and others |
Active Citizens toolkit
This toolkit provides some useful resources for exploring issues of culture and identity in a globalised context. |
Asia Education Teachers' AssociationThe Asia Education Teachers' Association (AETA), is a voluntary non-profit organisation, Valuing cultural diversity and promoting intercultural understanding in a networked world.
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