Purpose:
This Special Interest Group provides a forum for AARE scholar-practitioners working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations across a range of educational contexts. The collective is characterised by a shared focus on equity, social justice, and inclusion, and is committed to maintaining and strengthening cultural and linguistic diversity and reciprocity in educational settings. CALD Education SIG members research across a range of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological domains, and welcome colleagues who wish to contribute to the advancement of CALD-related enquiry, representation, and advocacy. We aim to:
- provide a focal point for CALD scholar-practitioner communication, collaboration, and advocacy;
- promote awareness of CALD-related issues in all educational sectors;
- advance CALD-related research across a wide range of populations;
- convene CALD-specific symposia for the exploration and pursuit of shared research interests, capacity building, and community engagement.
Research Interests:
- Multilingual and multi-dialectal education
- Language maintenance
- Cultural identities and representations
- Widening participation in higher education
- Inclusive schooling practices
- Globalisation, migration, and educational policy
- Learners with refugee and asylum seeker experiences