Young Australians and their identification with Australia: Implications for schooling and school success. Aims
*Identify adolescents' conceptions of and commitment to Australian national identity (ANI) and compare gender, regional and ethnic variations.
*Examine images of Australia promoted in schools (subject curricula, celebrations, special events, extra-curricula activities).
*Explore relationships between adolescents' ANI, academic achievement, personal aspirations, personal and social de ....Young Australians and their identification with Australia: Implications for schooling and school success. Aims
*Identify adolescents' conceptions of and commitment to Australian national identity (ANI) and compare gender, regional and ethnic variations.
*Examine images of Australia promoted in schools (subject curricula, celebrations, special events, extra-curricula activities).
*Explore relationships between adolescents' ANI, academic achievement, personal aspirations, personal and social development.
Significance
*Locates ANI within contect of adolescent training and development.
*Timely research given the current 'clever country' push.
Expected Outcomes
*Development of a reliable and valid measure of ANI.
*Assisting educators, and relevant political and social agencies in development of curricula and national policy, heedful of adolescents' conceptions of ANI.Read moreRead less
Transnational literacies - diaspora, schooling and identity. The need for transnational literacies - the capacity to function successfully within and between nations and cultures - is increasingly significant for multicultural Australia due to globalisation. The Greek-Australian community is used to explore schooling and its capacity to assist young Australians form productive cultural identities. This provides insights into a significant Australian community that will assist with the developmen ....Transnational literacies - diaspora, schooling and identity. The need for transnational literacies - the capacity to function successfully within and between nations and cultures - is increasingly significant for multicultural Australia due to globalisation. The Greek-Australian community is used to explore schooling and its capacity to assist young Australians form productive cultural identities. This provides insights into a significant Australian community that will assist with the development of all ethnic communities. The project contributes to understandings of identity, learning and schooling. It reviews three decades of multicultural education and consolidates our national capacity to school for cultural difference and global citizenship.Read moreRead less