Topic 3: Countering racism

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Racism No Way campaign

An exploration of social justice, racism, privilege and power to support teachers in constructing inclusive curriculum and anti-racism pedagogies.

Explore the concepts, activities and assessment tasks below or use the Get Started button to work through the content in the suggested sequence.

Multiracial group in pool

Race: a social construct

Start Topic 3: An examination of the links between patterns of stereotyping, prejudice, privilege, power and powerlessness.

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Social justice education

Social justice education is concerned with achieving equitable and quality education for all students.

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Social justice campaigns

An outline of community-based strategies to address racism.

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Multicultural education

Multicultural education

Multicultural education makes sure that all students have access to inclusive teaching and learning experiences.

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Race & Ethnic Relations text

Readings: Topic 3

Suggested readings for Topic 3: Countering racism

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Explorations of race

Activity: Explore a range of Australian and international resources and media on race and racism.

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Generation One campaign

Equity and life outcomes

Activity: Consider the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in education and life outcomes.

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Don't make assumptions

Investigating prejudice

Activity: What does prejudice look like/feel like/sound like?

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Malcolm X quote re newspapers and oppression

Racism and the media

Activity: Choose a media story where race is the central issue in sport or other sections of the community.

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Social justice and society

Activity: An exploration of social justice and strategies for countering racism

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Power of Privilege

Whiteness and privilege

Activity: Explore notions of identity, whiteness, race and racism, and their impacts on learning and teaching.

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Racism No Way campaign

Anti-racism strategies

Activity: In groups choose a strategy that has been evaluated for its effectiveness in reducing prejudice and racism.

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Racism Assessment

Countering racism

Assessment: Discuss the ways in which social justice, anti-racism and multicultural education have been conceptualised.

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Module 1 review

Topic review

Review the concepts, activities and assessment tasks in Topic 3.

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