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Indigenous Subjectivity In Australia: Are We Queer?, Madeleine Clark

Journal of Global Indigeneity

The introduction of queer theory in Australian Indigenous contexts presents powerful possibilities and challenging complexities; for the building of new histories, the inhabiting of the historical space, the “queering” of ideas of blood, family, community and lineage, and the limits of “being” and “doing” as they relate to bodies and genders. Queer First Nations people in settler-colonial contexts, particularly in Turtle Island, have begun to drawn on Queer theory to extend their understandings of colonialism and Indigenous sexualities. This paper will explore this move towards queer theory and analysis, in particular examining the recent introduction of the “subjectless critique” to …

Tranny Tricks: The Blending And Contouring Of Raranga Research, Tawhanga Nopera

Journal of Global Indigeneity

Blending and contouring are fundamental tools in a tranny’s bag of tricks. Both empower, because they take for granted that light will create shadows; through blending and contouring makeup, concretized binaries can be infiltrated and analysed. Trans-people are often perceived as tricksters; people who hide parts of their lives away, to fit socially acceptable norms. This research flips perceptions and instead argues that acceptable norms embrace trickstery behaviours; rules of propriety intended to hide difficult social realities. A Trans perspective both blends and contours context; it allows fluid ways to interpret engagements. This research presentation analogises the shape-shifting methods of …

Queering Ideas Of Indigeneity: Response In Repose: Challenging, Engaging And Ignoring Centralising Ontologies, Responsibilities, Deflections And Erasures, Sandy O'Sullivan

Journal of Global Indigeneity

This presentation and accompanying soundtext video work ponders the responsibility of Aboriginal queers to find or argue our own place within an external understanding of Indigeneity. If we have this responsibility, then what corresponding responsibility does ours or the broader community have in understanding who we are? And who are we? Do we face the same homogenisation of our experiences that we encounter in the pan-indigenising of our communities? Or can we act as individuals and cohorts to demonstrate diversity and flag difference as a robust act of sovereignty? Must we blend - and yet make visible and discrete - …

Our Coming In Stories: Cree Identity, Body Sovereignty And Gender Self- Determination, Alex Wilson

Journal of Global Indigeneity

This presentation will share an understanding of Cree traditional law and discuss its contemporary application in relation to gender and sexual diversity. I will offer a brief history of how the sexuality and bodies of Indigenous, specifically Cree two spirit (LGBTQ) people became regulated through governmental and church policy and discuss how the social movement Idle No More has validated traditional understandings and practices. Through research and examples, personal observations, stories and experiences, the meaning and importance of body sovereignty and gender self-determination and expression will be presented as necessary aspects of undoing systemic forms of oppression and revisioning as …

Can You See Me? Queer Margins In Aboriginal Communities, Andrew Farrell

Journal of Global Indigeneity

The Queer Indigenous body is a site of contention between worlds. When Queer embodiment and Indigenous identity collide the constituent ideological frameworks of each signifier are called into question. This axis has yet to be named and critically engaged beyond being characteristically ‘queer’ and ‘indigenous’. Queer Aboriginal identities are yet to be, in detail, extrapolated for their conforming or irreconcilable qualities. I will discuss the ways in which the Australian Queer Indigenous absence in critical paradigms are due to abject marginalisation- as a product of unmarked performances of identity rendered invisible, powerless, contradictory, and meaningless on the social realms in …

Insurrections: Indigenous Sexualities, Genders And Decolonial Resistance, Qwo-Li Driskill

Journal of Global Indigeneity

Indigenous genders and sexualities are key locations for colonial control. Through gender and sexuality, state power enacts gendered and sexualized violence in order to regulate Indigenous communities and seek control of Indigenous bodies and land. Indigenous Queer, Trans, and feminist movements resist colonial control through asserting gender and sexuality as pivotal locations for decolonial resistance. This paper will look to Indigenous movements against gendered and sexualized violence in order to imagine transnational Indigenous Queer, Trans, and feminist resistance to colonial powers.

Senza Parole: A Review, Robyn Ravlich

RadioDoc Review

This is a charming radio feature of modest length in the form of a travel memoir. Its author-producer is Katharina Smets, a radio maker with a background in philosophy, theatre and philology with experience in teaching radio documentary at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium and as a reporter and feature maker for Radio 1, KLARA (VRT in Belgium) and Holland Doc Radio (VPRO in The Netherlands). Originally produced in Dutch, her English language version of Senza Parole has attracted attention at both the Third Coast International Audio Festival (2014), USA and the Sheffield Doc/Fest (2014) in Britain.

In Senza …

Still Glowing Strong: Review 2 (Australia), Maree Delofski

RadioDoc Review

Still Glowing Strong is an elegant and poetic documentary about a dreamer. Harald Brobakkan has an obsessive desire to create an everlasting battery. From the outset, the minimalist music and Leganger’s beautifully written narration set up the tone of the documentary – gentle, respectful, restrained, occasionally melancholic yet never maudlin. Program maker Sindre Leganger very successfully conveys Harald’s story together with rich observations about the universe, science and its treatment of ‘outsiders’, life - and the nature of a very long relationship.

Technical Note: The Effect Of The Fed’S Quantitative Easing Policy On The Performance Of Listed Companies And The Banking Sector In Indonesia, Yanuar Rizky

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

While the efficient market hypothesis suggests that stock price reflects the fundamental condition of companies, which could affect investors’ decisions, this technical note reports empirical evidence that stock price is also influenced by the public’s perception of the market situation. This note shows that the source of funds circulating in the Indonesia Stock Exchange is related to excess liquidity resulting from the policy of quantitative easing (QE) by developed countries’ central banks. Banks funding assets with debt results in leverage relationships with the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) negatively affected. Thus it is evident that the Indonesian banking strategy is "reactive" …

The Use Of Accountability Reports And The Accountability Forum: Evidence From An Indonesian Local Government, Muhammad Hudaya, Ciorstan Smark, Ted Watts, Parulian Silaen

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This article explores the changing accountability role that Indonesian local government reporting has played by exploring a Local Government Under Study’s (LGUS) accountability report process. The study uses an interpretive (social constructionist) methodology. A case study method (including historical records and interviews, as well as direct observations) is used through an institutional theory lens to interpret local reporting behaviour. Local government currently submits accountability reports to three parties: the central government, the local parliament and the public. However, while the public now receives a report, it contains only a summary of the report submitted to the central government and is …

The Relationship Between Ownership Structure Dimensions And Corporate Performance: Evidence From Bahrain, Reem Khamis, Allam Mohammed Hamdan, Wajeeh Elali

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

In this study we examine the relation between ownership structure and corporate performance; the sample of the study included 42 out of 48 companies of all sectors in Bahrain Bourse in five years from 2007-2011. Several dimensions of ownership concentration were studied in addition to managerial and institutional ownership. Two different measurements of performance were used (ROA and Tobin’s Q). The study investigated this relation using several control variables and 2SLS statistical method to overcome the problem of endogeneity that may exist between the study variables. It was found that ownership concentration have a negative effect with statistical significance on …

Corporate Cash Holdings And Adjustment Behaviour In Chinese Firms: An Empirical Analysis Using Generalized Method Of Moments, Ajid Ur Rehman, Man Wang

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This study is intended to find out the motives of cash holding in Chinese firms and theories associated with these motives. The study is unique because it not only estimates the adjustment speed of corporate cash holdings but also discuss several firm specific factors that affects cash holdings in Chinese firms with special reference to Chinese SOEs and NSOEs. An extensive set of panel data comprising 1632 A listed Chines firms, over a period from 2001 to 2013 are taken for analysis. The study reports a lower adjustment coefficient for Chinese firms compared to other developed nations. The study finds …

Compliance With Corporate Governance Principles: Australian Evidence, Maryam Safari, Soheila Mirshekary, Victoria Wise

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This study investigates the association between the level of compliance of Australian listed companies with Australian corporate governance principles, in aggregate, and the level of discretionary accruals using the modified Jones model. It is hypothesised that higher levels of compliance would be associated with lower levels of discretionary accruals. Data from a random sample of 214 Australian listed companies for the years 2009 and 2010 were used to test the hypothesis. The results demonstrate a significant negative relationship indicating that companies with higher levels of compliance engage in lower levels of earnings management via discretionary accruals.

Editorial: Aabfj Volume 9, Issue 4, 2015, Monir Mir

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

No abstract provided.

Still Glowing Strong: Review (Denmark), Anna Elisabeth Jessen

RadioDoc Review

Still Glowing Strong is Norwegian Sindre Leganger’s tender story of an old man, Harald, who thinks he has invented an everlasting battery that could save the world. The problem is that no one has the time to look at it – his wife in particular. But as Leganger and the old man’s grandson take an interest, this short but remarkable feature reveals much about our finite lives and the eternal starry sky above us, about being stubborn, being optimistic and about hope. Leganger illustrates Zola’s dictum, that “art is a corner of reality seen through a temperament”. He plays three …

Book Review: Integrative Learning - International Research And Practice, Bonnie A. Dean

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

No abstract provided.

Adopting Online Lecturing For Improved Learning: A Case Study From Teacher Education, Marie Quinn, Shannon Kennedy-Clark

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This paper presents the results of a study that examined the integration of video lectures into a pre-service teacher unit of study. The aim of the research was to ascertain how students used the pre-recorded videos to complement their learning. The focus was on the pedagogy, and explored three factors: convenience, self-regulation of learning and design to aid learning. A mixed method approach to the data collection was used. Data sources included reflective journals, surveys and semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the data indicates that the pre-service teachers viewed the use of pre-recorded lectures positively and that they were a …

Distributing Leadership For Sustainable Peer Feedback On Tertiary Teaching, Dallas Wingrove, Angela Clarke, Andrea Chester

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

A growing evidence-based literature supports the value of peer feedback as a positive professional learning activity that enhances confidence, builds collegial relationships and supports reflective practice. Less clear is how best to embed such programs in university practices. This paper describes a leadership approach developed to support the scalable and sustainable implementation of peer-based professional development in a large Australian university. Drawing on distributed leadership approaches, we locate responsibility for ongoing implementation at the local level. This approach and its effectiveness are evaluated by analysing the experiences of 10 leaders. Based on the leaders’ evaluations and our reflections our approach …

Laughing With The Lecturer: The Use Of Humour In Shaping University Teaching, Gordon Tait, Jo Lampert, Nan Bahr, Pepita Bennett

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This paper addresses the ways in which humour is used by university academics to shape teaching personas. Based upon the work of Mauss and Foucault, and employing semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a range of university teachers, this research suggests that most tertiary teachers deliberately fashion various kinds of teaching persona, which they then perform in lectures and tutorials. The use of humour is widely seen as an important component within this form of self-shaping, as it fits within dominant frameworks of expectation regarding contemporary models of “edutainment”. This research demonstrates that a wide range of practices of the self—including physical, …

Approaches And Study Skills Inventory For Students (Assist) In An Introductory Course In Chemistry., Stephen Brown, Sue White, Lara Wakeling, Mani Naiker

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Approaches to study and learning may enhance or undermine educational outcomes, and thus it is important for educators to be knowledgeable about their students’ approaches to study and learning. TheApproaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students(ASSIST) – a 52 item inventory which identifies three learning styles (Deep, Strategic, and Surface), was given to first year undergraduate students undertaking an introductory chemistry course. Completed inventories (n=103, 85% response), included 30 BSc Biomedicine, 15 BSc Food and Nutrition, 22 BSc Geology, 18 BSc Science students, and a further 18 students on unnamed BSc pathways. The dominant learning style adopted was the Surface …

Preparing Students For Diverse Careers: Developing Career Literacy With Final-Year Writing Students, Dawn Bennett, Rachel Robertson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Graduates from generalist science and arts degrees can face diverse careers characterised by portfolios of simultaneous, self-managed roles. This paper reports from a study on identity and career literacy in which final-year professional writing and publishing students developed an ePortfolio and engaged in open blogging during their industry internships. The ePortfolio emerged as a vehicle through which identity was challenged and negotiated with educator and peer support. However, students engaged only when the ePortfolio was mandated, and deep engagement was the result of the ePortfolio being presented as a practical career development tool. Findings suggest that the combination of ePortfolio …

Writing The Book…Literally: The Convergence Of Authentic Intellectual Work (Aiw) And Project-Based Learning (Pbl), Tom M. Buckmiller, Jerrid W. Kruse

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Using the Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) models, we sought to create coursework that had value beyond the classroom. Refinements in the self-publishing book industry provide the opportunity to present student work to a larger audience and in a different, more engaging format. With the help of free software, our classes were able to publish professionally-finished books for sale on Amazon.com. This article shows how we designed, implemented, assessed and evaluated a book-writing project for graduate (leadership studies) and undergraduate (science education) students who wrote, edited, designed, and published it at the end of the course.

‘Capping Off’ The Development Of Graduate Capabilities In The Final Semester Unit For Biological Science Students: Review And Recommendations, Jennifer Firn

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Biology is the most rapidly evolving scientific field of the 21^st century. Biology graduates must be able to integrate concepts and collaborate outside their discipline to solve the most pressing questions of our time, e.g. world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, infectious disease and biosecurity. University educators are attempting to respond to this need to better prepare undergraduates to face these challenges by undergoing a dramatic shift in teaching practice from teaching-centered to student-centered and from discipline knowledge to graduate capabilities. With this shift came the development of capstone units—a student’s culminating academic experience where authentic learning environments assist students …

Quality Assurance And Foreign Languages - Reflecting On Oral Assessment Practices In Two University Spanish Language Programs In Australia, Adriana R. Díaz, Hugo Hortiguera, Marcia Espinoza Vera

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In the era of quality assurance (QA), close scrutiny of assessment practices has been intensified worldwide across the board. However, in the Australian context, trends in QA efforts have not reached the field of modern/foreign languages. This has largely resulted in leaving the establishment of language proficiency benchmarking up to individual institutions and programs of study. This paper discusses the findings of a cross-institutional collaborative research project focused on the comparative analysis and review of assessment practices in the Spanish language majors at the University of Queensland (UQ) and Griffith University (GU), both members of the Brisbane Universities Languages Alliance …

Editorial 12.3, Romy Lawson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

No abstract provided.

Uow Outlook, University Of Wollongong

Wollongong Outlook: The University Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Heterogeneous Treatment Effects? An Examination Of Australian Non-Government Primary Schools, Joan Rodgers, Frank Neri, Ian Moran

Faculty of Business - Economics Working Papers

On average, students in Australian non-government schools consistently outperform their counterparts in government schools on standardized tests of literacy and numeracy. However, when differences across school sectors in student characteristics are taken into account there is no evidence that this performance differential is attributable to the nature of the schools. Nevertheless, non-government schools may have heterogeneous effects, that is, they may benefit particular groups of students. This study investigates the extent of non-government school advantage for specific primary school student groups. Test scores from the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy for a nationally representative sample of students from the …

Maze | Shortcut | Network, Kate Bowles

AALL 2015 UOW Conference

No abstract provided.

Non-Western International Students In English Speaking Universities, Lost In The Critical Interaction Between Language And Learning, Knowing And Telling - And (Im) Possibilities Of Academic English!, Neera Handa

AALL 2015 UOW Conference

No abstract provided.

Learning Support At University Of Canberra: The Case For Change And A Case Study Of Change, Bethany Randell, Gail Hendrich, Melissa Smith, Christine Barnes, Kirsty Summers

AALL 2015 UOW Conference

No abstract provided.