EDU2142 (Multi) Culture(s) (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Primary) Band 5

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Synopsis

This course will introduce and explore notions of culture, ethnicity, race, difference and tolerance in order to provide a basis for students to forge a connection between social and educational theory and policy. Students will explore the development of whiteness as a dominating cultural norm and will come to understand something of the effects of racism on all members of a community. The topic of racism and attendant concepts of xenophobia, assimilation, integration and marginalisation will be a prominent focus of this course.