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Miller, Melinda G.; Knowles, Meg; Grieshaber, Susan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2011
In Australia, eligible long day care services may apply for support at the state level to assist with the transition of children from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds into childcare settings. For staff in childcare services, this support comes in the form of a cultural support worker (CSW). The primary role of a CSW is to build…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Student Diversity, Staff Development
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Oliver, Rhonda; Haig, Yvonne; Grote, Ellen – TESOL in Context, 2009
Australian schools have a long history of providing education to students from culturally and linguistically diverse background, including new arrivals who are still in the process of acquiring English as an additional language. Nonetheless, the cohort of refugee children and youth coming from Africa's troubled regions in the last few years poses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Differences