promotes the idea that students should be enabled to understand themselves in relation to others and the wider world
should enable students to engage with people of diverse cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds in ways that recognise differences, create connections and cultivate respect
builds students’ understandings about their own and others’ cultural traditions, values and beliefs as well as their understandings of Australian society and their connection to it
involves processes that may lead to an enhanced ability to move between cultures and to cultural change
involves explorations of culture conceptually and through engagement with others
involves examining and understanding the interrelationships of cultural groups in order to explore and counter the attitudes and values that underpin racism and prejudice and manifest as discriminatory and racist behavior.