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Direct linkWhite, Mathew A. – International Education Journal, 2004
Subjugated to the anachronistic rhetoric of nineteenth century literature, Australian boarding schools are habitually depicted as the remanence of a pre-colonial era. These images continue to be dominated by the paradigm of cruelty popularised by Tom Brown's School Days. This paper analyses the aspirations and attitudes of a study group of…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Student Attitudes, Boarding Schools, Cultural Pluralism
