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Shaping Australian policy on cultural understandings: Alternative approaches to inclusive education
Wyatt-Smith, Claire Dooley, Karen Teresa
Wyatt-Smith, Claire
Dooley, Karen Teresa
Abstract
This paper examines Australian national policy documents that have brought together developments in competency‐based education and inclusive curriculum in the formulation of a Key Competency concerned with cultural understandings. Particular attention is given to the definitions of culture and workplace culture, the choice of contexts for the display of cultural understandings as a competency, and the proposed evaluative frameworks. The paper also shows how the documents are variously consonant with the emphases of critical and liberal approaches to culturally inclusive curriculum practice. Finally, consideration is given to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the cultural understandings competency.
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Date
1997
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Journal article
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International Journal of Inclusive Education
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Volume
1
Issue
3
Page Range
267-282
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Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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