Dealing with diversity in the classroom

Today’s news is overwhelmed with questions on multiculturalism, diversity and peace. In this edition we take a look at how education can play a very important role in building intercultural tolerance and respect.

Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, but its indigenous communities have faced a long history of discrimination. We go there now to see what lessons can be learnt about diversity by immersing yourself in another culture for a day.

The late 1990s saw a rapidly changing Australia, and with new immigrants came new cultures such as Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese. Alongside this, the world’s oldest living culture, Indigenous Australia, needed an outlet to revive the importance of their history and stories. In schools around Australia, through Cultural Infusion’s “Discovering Diversity programs“http://www.wise-qatar.org/discovering-diversity-australia, old Australia blends with new Australia and teaches students to live in a more harmonious an