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Läsning som passion och social praktik

Educare, 2018
This article deals with research on the reading practice of ordinary readers in a book club. The background is the increasing interest in book club activities, but also the growing gap between professional reading within the academy, characterized by ...
Lotta Bergman
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Sharing Books and Stories: Book Clubs That Book Talk [PDF]

, 2007
“When does the book club start?” a student asks as he passes me in the hall. “It begins during Teen Read Week in October,” I reply. He replies, “Aww…that long?” I get this almost every day throughout September.
McGlaun, Kristina
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Robert Delpire, éditeur d’albums

Strenae, 2010
This article reviews picture books published by Delpire from 1955 to 1969, focusing in particular on their illustrations. The first books, On vous l'a dit and Crocodile Tears, were original creations, though it was not until foreign books were purchased ...
Cécile Boulaire
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Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot, J. Gilroy, J. Gwynn, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, Rob Heard, Sarah Peter, A. Haines, M. Lincoln, B. Rambaldini   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a Non-Mandatory Book Club to Develop Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Didactic Competence

Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education
Science teacher education must prepare pre-service teachers for a broad variety of teaching approaches to make science more relevant to students. Previous research has suggested fiction as one approach to a broader school science. This article describes
Lotta Leden, Helena Andersson
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Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin, Karen A. Sullivan, Vincent Denault, Catherine Kennon, Lucy Cradduck, Rachel Hews   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

[Review of] George J. Leonard (ed.). The Asian Pacific Heritage: A Companion to Literature and the Arts [PDF]

, 2000
In this large volume of essays, general editor George J. Leonard aims to produce a tool kit for the multicultural classroom that will unlock the greatest number of (Asian-Pacific American-APA) authors and artists (xiv) for students and teachers.
Partridge, Jeff
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