Culture and Education

7 important questions on Culture and Education

Explain why you couldn't say Australian isn't a real civilisation?

Because the Australian Aboriginals did not build large monuments, they did not farm animals, and they did not cultivate the land for agriculture, and they did not build cities, their culture is not usually described as a civilisation. However, their art, their songs, their stories speak to a rich and lengthy cultural tradition. Their societies were governed by a strict set of rules and customs that were enforced by the elders.

What kind of influence were made after the britains?

- The government and the Aboriginal Protection Board believed that the 
indigenous people needed to develop “from their primitive state to the 
standards of white man.”
-Indigenous Education in Australia
  • 10% of Aboriginal children graduate high school.
  • 36% of Aboriginal people in remote communities have access to a library
  • 20% of Aboriginal students in the Northern Territory reached the benchmark for literacy

What are the  results of the influence of the britains at the educations on parents?


Parents who have had poor educational experiences are genera!y
less likely to get involved in their children’s schooling. In many cases,
this is because they do not have the skills to assist their children with
school work’
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What kind of way did the  education department tried to involve the parents into the school picture?

through the Schools as Community Centres program.
  • Community playgroups,
  • Mothers’ groups and sisters’ groups to learn new skills within the school setting 
  • Parent education

All of these are intended to provide positive opportunities, with the goals of 
reshaping community attitudes towards school, education, and the largely white population.


Why African Americans continue to receive lower test scores, 
lower college grades, and lower graduation rates is because...

They still live under the shadow of a racial stereotype that tells them they do not fit within an academic setting.

Explain what Stereotype Threat means

 being judged through the lens of a particular stereotype as “stereotype threat”.

Explain what stereotype disassociation is 

meaning that if people know you like jazz music, they immediately think you like basketball too. 

Music: Jazz, rap music, classical music
Sports: Baseball, basketball, boxing

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