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Digital resources are helping teachers at a Sydney high school improve educational outcomes for multicultural students and provide round-the-clock learning opportunities. Arthur Phillip High School in Parramatta is a melting pot of cultures, with 56 nationalities represented including Iraq, Germany, South Korea, Egypt, Afghanistan and India. More than 90 per cent of its students are from non-English speaking backgrounds
Principal Lynne Goodwin says a revolution is taking place – a digital learning revolution, triggered by the nationwide laptop rollout. She explains: “We’re meeting the children where they’re at [academically] and trying to provide a learning environment that is really 24/7. We’re watching students really carefully, seeing how they like to learn and then we’re trying to adapt how we work with them.”
This article gives insight into how school systems plan to teach to a diverse crowd. In this particular high school in Australia, 56 nationalities are represented. Those countries represented include Iraq, Germany, South Korea, Egypt, Afganistan and India. Because they have so many students that come from a non English speaking background, computers are necessary in order to do research to meet their needs educationally. This presents a different side of multicultural education. Teachers of the 21st century need to be ready to prepare lessons that deal with diversity as a topic and are inclusive of a variety of different cultures. Technology can be the biggest resources for this. Through the use of the internet, we can research cultures, art lesson ideas, art history and background information concerning those particular cultures, etc. This high school used the computers to successfully translate languages for better understanding between teacher and student as well.