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Child Care - Site of Cultural Difference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Barbara Sparrow
Barbara Sparrow*
Affiliation:
Charles Sturt University Riverina, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
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My purpose in this paper is to describe the interaction among 3-5 year old children at two child care centres. The centres become ‘windows’ through which to observe the children and the child rearing strategies of the adults who direct and carry out the work of the two centres (Lubeck, 1985, 1). The two centres reflect the values of two different cultures which are here described as Koori culture and mainstream culture.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 16 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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