Other relevant intersections of the Framework and the Study are below.
(i)
Education
Places of learning – from early childhood through to tertiary institutions – were
identified as key settings for preventative education about racism, as well as the
need for culturally safe mechanisms for students and staff to report racism.
The Framework recommends:
29. Australian governments and education providers (early childhood to
tertiary) co-design and incorporate into curricula nationally consistent
anti-racism resources and educational materials for staff and students
that focus on recognising and rejecting racism:
a. in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
and practitioners, including material about the historical and ongoing
impacts of settler colonisation. This should be supplemented by local,
place-based materials
b. in partnership with non-Indigenous anti-racism experts from negatively
racialised communities, including material about Australia’s migration
histories, contemporary forms of racism and ongoing impacts of
discriminatory policies.
30. Australian governments and education providers (early childhood to
tertiary) implement curricula reform:
a. in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
and practitioners to embed First Nations knowledges, scholarship and
texts across all disciplines
b. on the advice of other negatively racialised organisations and
practitioners to better integrate knowledges, scholarship and texts
authored by non-Indigenous negatively racialised people.
31. Australian governments and education providers (early childhood to
tertiary) co-design with community experts, a nationally consistent,
effective, comprehensive and culturally safe mechanism for students,
staff, families and communities to safely and without fear of
repercussions, report experiences of racism across educational settings
and improve accountability, support and redress services.
34. Australian governments increase funding for research to address gaps in
existing research and contribute to the evidence base on the efficacy of
anti-racism initiatives and interventions in education settings, including
systemic reforms.16
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