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Peer reviewedWilliamson, Alan – Comparative Education, 1991
Challenges conventional views of colonial schooling and its outcomes through analysis of education on the Torres Straits Islands, 1873-1985. Argues that, despite racist educational policies, the schooling introduced social change to the community and that the schooling that Islanders actually got was influenced by local context and customs,…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Culture Contact
