‘It put me in their shoes’: challenging negative attitudes towards asylum seekers among Australian children

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‘It put me in their shoes’: challenging negative attitudes towards asylum seekers among Australian children

This paper evaluates a short school-based intervention run by Australian Red Cross, designed to reduce children’s prejudice towards asylum seekers. A total of 121 children aged between 10 to 12 in four schools in Perth, Western Australia, completed questionnaires at Time 1 (pre-intervention), Time 2...

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Main Authors:	Hartley, Lisa, Fleay, Caroline, Pedersen, Anne, Cook, Alison, Jeram, Alenka
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2021
Subjects:	4410 - Sociology 4499 - Other human society
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86627

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