Strategies for Effective Learning in the Multi - Cultural Classroom

It has been recognised for some considerable time that cultural differences impinge on educational processes and outcomes. These differences relate to age, gender and ethnic diversity, the latter being increasingly obvious as greater numbers of students from different ethnic backgrounds have been appearing in Australian universities. However, there has been relatively little concern in the literature of higher education about the effect of the assumptions and expectations of Australian university education on students with other assumptions and expectations.