Teaching tolerance: the role of Australian schools

Anna Dabrowski

Teaching tolerance: the role of Australian schools

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

As politicians and the media tell us multiculturalism is something to be feared, how can schools teach the next generation to embrace diversity? Schools can help us understand and support diversity, rather than viewing difference as something to be feared.

Original language	English
Journal	Pursuit
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2015

Keywords

Citizenship
Diversity
Teaching
Tolerance

Disciplines

Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

Access to Document

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/teaching-tolerance-the-role-of-australian-schools

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