... equal opportunity for success based on merit. The Ethnocentric view of education is that it maintains social inequalities by reinforcing and perpetuating ideas of a 'dominant' cultural 'status quo'. (McLeod, p. 410) Although the Australian education system nominally embraces multiculturalism and has policies which celebrate cultural diversity, there is a pervading attitude in many schools which subtly ... According to the website Teaching Diversity,' all levels of government in Australia, including the Victorian State Government, are committed to providing quality education fo...

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