A study utilized survey and case-study techniques supplemented by examination of documents to facilitate a sociopolitical investigation of the concept and role of ethnic teacher aides in state schools in Victoria, Australia. A theoretical framework was developed, combining an historical sociology of knowledge with a systems management perspective.…

Considers problems pertaining to the Aboriginal preschooler living in two cultures and presents a brief outline of a program in which Aboriginal women are being prepared for the early childhood work force. The women also act as intermediaries in the cultural conflicts of young children. (CM)

Describes the Ethnic Program, a bilingual early childhood program in Adelaide, Australia, which utilizes ethnic staff as mediators in kindergartens with a significant number of children of ethnic minority origin. (CM)