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This 7 page paper looks at the way education of the indigenous population of Australia has been approached by the dominant population. The shift towards self determination has followed generations of assimilation, but is this too little to late? The paper looks at the shift and the problems with the implementation of the newer approach. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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political policies towards the native people. The impact on the educational policies may be seen as shifting from the highly damaging education as assimilation approach, where there were underlying assumptions
regarding the superiority of western culture over the native culture, to the greater appreciation of cultural diversity and the need for education for self-determination. An examination of these policies reveals
both positive and negative aspects of using education as a tool. The way in which education is provided will usually be a reflection of the dominant values of any
society, this is seen in Australia. The result is a conflict of needs and desires with the preservation of native culture in juxtaposition with economic development. This is essentially the
conflict between [polices of assimilation verses self determination. From the earliest days the policy was one which assumed the superiority of the western culture and values, seeing the indigenous
population as primitive of less developed, a position that was evident in the policy of protection and uplift which was formulated during the 1830s by the by the House
of Commons Select Committee (Dockery, 2009). This policy may have had good intentions, but it was biased to the values of those instigating it, where the natives were perceived from
a paternalistic attitude, and seen as inferior due to their lack of technological progress (Mathews et al, 2003). There were numerous policies to undertake what was seen as the inevitable
assimilation of the natives with the migrant population, with a need to educate them to up lift, including the use of missions and reserves to educate and teach correct behaviour
and attitudes (Dockery, 2009). Those implementing the policy saw it as extremely positive, believing themselves to be biologically superior, knowing what as best for the uneducated natives (Mathews et
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