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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Problems that Matter for Young People: Reauthoring Possibilities for Social-Emotional Learning in English Language Education

open access: yesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies
This article reports on a qualitative case study with families of young English as an additional language (EAL) children in year 3–4 classrooms in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.
Siobhan O’Brien   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supported Decision‐Making Rights in Behaviour Support Policies

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability policy emphasises that people with disability have the right to exercise their will and preferences in their lives, and decision‐making support must be provided to realise this right if they request. One context in which people's will and preferences are often restricted is behaviour support.
Sally Robinson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rewiring reward and purpose: a neurobiological framework for mindfulness enhanced hedonic and eudaimonic happiness in adolescent brain

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Young people across the globe face the escalating challenge of mental health. Traditional interventions focus on symptom reduction, neglecting proactive measures to foster happiness.
Kshamta Sharma, Bhupesh Dutt Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

I Wanted to Be Able to Stand on My Own Two Feet First—Younger Parents Exiting Homelessness and Care and Their Aspirations

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines the aspirations, motivations and support needs of 15 young parents in South Australia with experiences of out‐of‐home care (OOHC) or homelessness. Most participants aimed to delay parenting to achieve financial stability, education and personal development, but faced unplanned pregnancies due to inadequate ...
Tim Moore, Stewart McDougall
wiley   +1 more source

Is happiness different from flourishing? Cross-country evidence from the ESS [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper appeals to novel survey information on over 30 000 individuals in 21 European countries to address an important and controversial question with respect to well-being: Do cognitive, hedonic and eudaimonic measures of well-being reflect very ...
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
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Harm and Money: Against the Insurance Theory of Tort Compensation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Since the 1980s, tort damages for pain and suffering have excited hue and cry. Twenty-three states currently place statutory limitations on tort damages for pain and suffering: seven states cap damages in general tort cases; an additional sixteen states ...
Feldman, Heidi Li
core   +1 more source

Building a Culture of Voice and Agency for Aboriginal Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: A Review of Policy in New South Wales and Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal children and young people in out‐of‐home care (OOHC), like all children and young people, have a fundamental right to be involved in decisions that affect them, to be afforded the opportunity for a voice, and to have that voice taken seriously.
Bradley Burns   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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