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How Professionals Work And Learn In Digitalised Work Contexts: Insights From An Australian Survey Of Education Professionals, Shirley Agostinho, Lori Lockyer, Kellie Buckley-Walker, Sarojni Choy, Sue Bennett, Allison Littlejohn, Claire Rogerson

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

How professionals work and learn in digitalised work contexts The Australian Research Council Discovery project titled: “Investigating Professional Learning Lives in the digital evolution of work” (DP210100164) investigated how Education and Health professionals in Australia learn as they work in increasingly digitalised work contexts through a survey.

The survey was sent to members of 11 Education and 10 Health Australian professional associations.

The survey ran from August to November 2022.

This report presents the findings of Education professionals’ responses to this survey (299 responses).

In The 'Display Case': (Capitalist) Realism And Simon Stone's 'Zoological' Ibsen, Margaret M. Hamilton

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How are theatre practitioners (re)defining the realist project, a form of theatre intrinsic to the ideological domestication of capitalism? This paper takes up this question through an examination of Simon Stone's production of The Wild Duck 'after Ibsen', staged at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in 2011, and the late Mark Fisher's (2009) theorization of a market-dominated present as capitalist realism. In doing so, it refers to three different cultural contexts by making parallels to the German theatre director Thomas Ostermeier's work and pointing to developments in Britain. It argues that performances dependent upon the subject's capacity to know and represent …

Capital, Change And Elsie's Place: Understanding The History Of Safe Accommodation In Australia, Kelly Lewer

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Gendered violence, specifically, domestic violence, continues to be a global issue impacting the health and well-being of women despite the improvements to women's rights and the expansion of women's health and well-being services in the 1970s. While considerable attention has been given to this period of time, scant attention has been given to understanding the resources and change processes involved in the opening of Australia's feminist-led women's health and wellbeing services from a theoretical perspective. During a Visiting Scholar appointment at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia I undertook a review of historical documentation and academic literature …

2023 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Award Ceremony, University Of Wollongong

UOW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards Booklets

No abstract provided.

How Do The Life Histories Of Women Who Have Experience Domestic Violence Impact The Ways They Decide On And Engage With Higher Education?, Kelly Lewer

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

My doctoral inquiry focused on understanding the experiences of mature aged female higher education students who had experienced domestic violence. Guided by the concepts of Bourdieu’s (1977) capital, field, and habitus this feminist narrative inquiry analysed the life histories of nine women from across the Australian state of New South Wales in relation to their resources and engagement within higher education. The findings presented in this paper point to the women’s success through sheer determination and perseverance, the choosing to limit engagement outside of the classroom, and frustrations over a lack of understanding.

The Case For A ‘Treating Customers Fairly’ Regime In Australia: Evidence From Other Jurisdictions And A Consumer Survey, Nicola Howell, Therese Wilson, Nina Reynolds, Andy Schmulow, Paul Mazzola

Faculty of Business and Law - Papers

In the light of recommendations from the Financial Services Royal Commission, the Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing the financial services regulatory framework, including to examine how fundamental norms (such as fairness) can be more effectively incorporated. In this article, we present results from a national survey of 2026 consumers to show that consumers have high expectations of fair treatment by firms, but that those expectations are not always met. Given these findings, we argue that a principles-based and outcomes focused ‘Treating Customers Fairly’ regime, such as those implemented in the United Kingdom and South Africa, should be given …

Overwhelmed And Frustrated: Experiences Of Workplace Sexual Harassment And Discrimination; The Barriers Faced With The Legal System, Amanda Chan, Zana Bytheway, Jessica C. Oldfield, Rachel Loney-Howes, Georgina Heydon

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

With the high volume of sexual harassment and discrimination calls to the JobWatch Telephone Information Service, JobWatch was interested in understanding the gap in justice system data about the non-legal and legal actions that are taken by workers after being provided with information about their issue. To address this information gap, JobWatch undertook a survey of these TIS callers.

227 people responded to the JobWatch 2022 Workplace Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Survey and 202 people consented to share their response in this research report.

Evaluation Of Nsw Family And Carer Mental Health Program: Summary Report, R Gordon, Carol Loggie, P Grootemaat, Mijanur Rahman, Peri O'Shea

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the Family and Carer Mental Health
Program evaluation that was commissioned by the NSW Ministry of Health (the Ministry)
and undertaken by the Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), Australian Health
Services Research Institute (AHSRI), University of Wollongong. The study was completed
between June 2020 and September 2021. Detailed information on all aspects of the
evaluation were provided to the Ministry in two associated reports: an interim report
submitted in March 2021 and a final report in December 2021.

The evaluation was conducted to better understand the achievements of …

Social Marketing Benchmark Criteria Use In Health Behaviour Change Interventions In Pacific Islands Populations: A Systematic Review, Sarah Ryan, Katharina Elisabeth Kariippanon, Anthony D. Okely, Rebecca M. Stanley, Gade Waqa, Melanie Randle

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Purpose: Social marketing has been widely used to effectively and voluntarily change behaviours worldwide. The social marketing benchmark criteria offer a framework to apply this approach. This paper aims to examine the extent of use and predictors of success of social marketing benchmark criteria in changing the health behaviours of Pacific Islands populations.

Design/methodology/approach: A systematic review of studies designed to change health behaviours among Pacific Islands populations. Studies were assessed against the social marketing benchmark criteria to determine the extent to which the reported intervention used a social marketing approach; and whether the use of the social marketing benchmark …

“This Side Is The Real World And The Other One Is Like Minecraft” Using An Almost Wordless Picture Book To Explore Japanese Primary School Students’ Cultural Awareness, Michael Burri, Jessica Mantei, Lisa Kervin

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

English has been introduced as a core subject in primary schools across Asia over the past decade. Besides aiming to improve the English proficiency of Japanese primary school students, Japan’s recent reforms also mandate the development of children’s awareness of cultures other than their own. However, relatively little is known about pedagogical strategies to achieve cultural awareness in the Japanese primary school classroom. The objective of this study was, therefore, to utilize an almost wordless picture book and examine the ways children interpret stories about people from cultures other than their own. This study explored the independent meaning-making practices and …

Islamic Fashion: Subversion Or Reinvention Of Religious Values?, Imene Ajala

University of Wollongong in Dubai - Papers

The embedding of Islam in capital markets has given way to the emergence of an urban Muslim culture in the West resulting from an alliance of consumerism and religious practice sometimes dubbed as “Cool Islam” or “Pop-Islam”. This movement refers to young Muslims abiding by religious practices while adopting the codes of youth and pop culture. Islamic Fashion is one example of this movement. Using frameworks from value theory and drawing on empirical data from the Islamic Fashion sphere, this article explores the intricacies between the consumerist values of products associated to Cool Islam and the traditional values it subverts …

2022 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Award Ceremony, University Of Wollongong

UOW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards Booklets

No abstract provided.

White And Non-White Australian Mental Health Care Practitioners’ Desirable Responding, Cultural Competence, And Racial/Ethnic Attitudes, Tinashe Dune, Ritesh Chimoriya, Peter Caputi, Catherine L. Mac Phail, Katarzyna J. Olcon, Anita Ogbeide

Scopus Harvesting Series

Background: Racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity in Australia is rapidly increasing. Although Indigenous Australians account for only approximately 3.5% of the country’s population, over 50% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one migrant parent. Migration accounts for over 60% of Australia’s population growth, with migration from Asia, Sub-Saharan African and the Americas increasing by 500% in the last decade. Little is known about Australian mental health care practitioners’ attitudes toward this diversity and their level of cultural competence. Aim: Given the relationship between practitioner cultural competence and the mental health outcomes of non-White clients, this study …

How Efl Teachers Perceive And Self-Evaluate The Knowledge Components In Forming Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Tpack), Leimin Shi, Lili Jiang

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

Technology is widely involved across the learning environment including its integration into teaching English as a foreign language (EFL); however, few studies have explored EFL teachers’ perceptions of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). This study investigates how EFL teachers perceive and self-evaluate knowledge of content (CK), pedagogy (PK), and technology (TK), the interplay of these with each other (TPACK), and the underlying influential factors for TPACK construction. The data were gathered in China from an online survey (n = 64) comprising 35 items on the TPACK components, and self-evaluation by nine survey participants of their TPACK in follow-up interviews. …

Demystifying Emerging Bulk Rna-Seq Applications: The Application And Utility Of Bioinformatic Methodology, Amarinder Singh Thind, Isha Monga, Prasoon Kumar Thakur, Pallawi Kumari, Kiran Dindhoria, Monika Krzak, Marie Ranson, Bruce G. Ashford

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Significant innovations in next-generation sequencing techniques and bioinformatics tools have impacted our appreciation and understanding of RNA. Practical RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) applications have evolved in conjunction with sequence technology and bioinformatic tools advances. In most projects, bulk RNA-Seq data is used to measure gene expression patterns, isoform expression, alternative splicing and single-nucleotide polymorphisms. However, RNA-Seq holds far more hidden biological information including details of copy number alteration, microbial contamination, transposable elements, cell type (deconvolution) and the presence of neoantigens. Recent novel and advanced bioinformatic algorithms developed the capacity to retrieve this information from bulk RNA-Seq data, thus broadening its scope. …

Experiences Of Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses In Using Telehealth During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study, Sharon James, Christine Ashley, Anna Williams, Jane Desborough, Susan Mcinnes, Kaara Ray Calma, Ruth Mursa, Catherine Stephen, Elizabeth J. Halcomb

Scopus Harvesting Series

Objective: This study sought to explore the experiences of Australian primary healthcare (PHC) nurses in the use of telehealth during COVID-19. Telehealth was defined as the use of any telecommunications mode (eg, telephone and videoconferencing) to deliver healthcare.

Design and setting: Thematic analysis of qualitative interviews undertaken in Australian PHC.

Participants: Twenty-five PHC nurses who had participated in a national survey about their experiences during COVID-19 were recruited using purposive sampling.

Methods: Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted from June to August 2020. Interviews lasted a mean of 38.5 min. They were audio-recorded and transcribed before thematic analysis was undertaken. The …

A Thanatopolitical Visualisation Of Accounting History: Giorgio Agamben And Nazi Germany, Erin Twyford

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

The extensive measures taken to destroy a people are facilitated by a complex matrix of interrelated actors and practices, yet there remains an underdeveloped implication of accounting in the wider moral and political imperatives. The purpose of this article is to introduce a thanatopolitical visualisation of accounting history adapted from the work of Giorgio Agamben and Michel Foucault. The theoretical triptych implicates business and accounting in the State-sanctioned financial, political and actual deaths of people. Through reference to Nazi Germany (1933–1945) and the companies Deutsche Bank and Ford Werke, the utility of the theoretical device is illustrated, and silences in …

Spatial Presence Depends On ‘Coupling’ Between Body Sway And Visual Motion Presented On Head-Mounted Displays (Hmds), Nahian S. Chowdhury, Wilson Luu, Stephen Palmisano, Hiroyasu Ujike, Juno Kim

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This study investigated the effects of simulating self-motion via a head-mounted display (HMD) on standing postural sway and spatial presence. Standing HMD users viewed simulated oscillatory self-motion in depth. On a particular trial, this naso-occipital visual oscillation had one of four different amplitudes (either 4, 8, 12 or 16 m peak-to-peak) and one of four different frequencies (either 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 or 1 Hz). We found that simulated high amplitude self-oscillation (approximately 16 m peak-to-peak) at either 0.25 Hz or 0.5 Hz: 1) generated the strongest effects on postural sway; and 2) made participants feel more spatially present in the …

Examining Australia’S Asylum Seeker Policy Through A Critical Race Theory Lens, Erin J. Twyford, Farzana A. Tanima, S George

Faculty of Business and Law - Papers

Accountings for social phenomena produce partial representations that remain silent on many things, but the wilful intention to silence accounting itself is a curiosity requiring further attention. Accounting typically serves the motives of the powerful, silencing and marginalising the ‘Other’ (for racial, sexual, religious, power etc. reasons). Disempowerment and obscurity of Others is ubiquitous, possible through the lack of visibility ascribed when unaccounted for by accounting. Yet, when this accounting fails to legitimise the actions of the powerful, accounts become obfuscated. The purpose of this paper is to consider the mystification of accounting by an overarching commitment to inhumane and …

Profile Of Adult Patients Referred For Specialist Pain Management In New Zealand, Eppoc Information Series No. 1, Dinberu Shebeshi, Samuel F. Allingham, Hilarie Tardif, Janelle M. White

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The present paper aims to provide a profile of a large cohort of adult patients referred for specialist pain management in New Zealand using the measures in the ePPOC minimum dataset.

This information will provide a description of the people seeking specialist pain management in New Zealand during the period 2015-2020, and can allow pain management services to compare scores for individuals seen at their service to these group values.

Critical Consciousness Raising About Global Economic Inequality Through Experiential And Emotional Learning, Katarzyna J. Olcon, Dorie J. Gilbert, Rose M. Pulliam

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Background: The ability to question global structures and analyze one’s own positionality in relation to economic, political, and social forces is essential for college graduates. Although study abroad programs claim to develop students into global citizens, most studies do not critically examine student learning about global inequalities. Purpose: This study analyzed the process of critical consciousness raising about economic inequalities through experiential and emotional learning. Methodology/Approach: It employed ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and written journals of 27 U.S. college students who participated in a Ghana study abroad program in years 2016–2018. Data were analyzed using an inductive thematic approach. Findings/Conclusions: …

Primary Health Care Nurses’ Perceptions Of Risk During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study, Christine Ashley, Sharon James, Catherine Stephen, Ruth Mursa, Susan Mcinnes, Anna Williams, Kaara Calma, Elizabeth Halcomb

Scopus Harvesting Series

Purpose: COVID-19 has presented health care professionals with unprecedented challenges. Significant risks have emerged as nurses have continued to work in delivering frontline health care during the pandemic. Feeling “at risk” has significant deleterious effects on nurses. The study sought to explore the perceptions of risk by Australian primary health care nurses (PHC) during COVID-19. Methods: Twenty-five Australian PHC nurses were purposively recruited from survey respondents who indicated a willingness to be interviewed. Phone interviews were undertaken between June and August 2020. Audio-recordings were transcribed and analyzed thematically. Findings: Participants shared concerns about risks in the workplace that emerged during …

Design Of Grip Strength Measuring System Using Fsr And Flex Sensors Using Svm Algorithm, S. M. Biju, Hashir Zahid Sheikh, Mohamed Fareq Malek, Farhad Oroumchian, Alison Bell

University of Wollongong in Dubai - Papers

This paper proposes a design of a complete system to identify weak grip strength that is caused by multiple factors like ageing, diseases, or accidents. This paper presents a grip measurement system that comprises of force sensing resistor and flex sensor to evaluate the condition of the hand. The system is tested by gripping a pencil and a cylindrical object using the glove, to determine the condition of the hand. Force sensitive resistor (FSR) evaluates the force applied by the different parts of the palm on the object being grasped. Flex sensor evaluates the bending of the fingers and thumb. …

Laboratory Learning Objectives Measurement: Relationships Between Student Evaluation Scores And Perceived Learning, Sasha Nikolic, Thomas Suesse, Kosta Jovanovic, Zarko Stanisavljevic

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Contribution: This article provides evidence that perceived learning has a relationship and influences the way students evaluate laboratory experiments, facilities, and demonstrators. Background: Debate continues on the capability and/or reliability of students to evaluate teaching and/or learning. Understanding such relationships can help educators decode evaluation data to develop more effective teaching experiences. Research Question: Does a relationship exist between student evaluation scores and perceived learning? Methodology: Perceived learning across the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains was measured using the Laboratory Learning Objectives Measurement (LLOM) tool at an Australian (344 students) and Serbian (181 students) university. A multilevel statistical analysis was …

Validity And The Design Of Classroom Assessment In Teacher Teams, Kellie Buckley-Walker, Kylie Jean Lipscombe

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The validity of evidence obtained from classroom assessments in schools is an important concept as significant decisions are made from teachers’ judgments of this evidence. However, what is not clear are the classroom assessment practices that teacher teams use to ensure that the evidence of student learning produced from classroom assessments is valid for their purpose. This qualitative study examined the assessment practices, focussing on validity, from three primary school teacher teams in Australia as they designed classroom assessments in mathematics. From the analysis, four broad themes associated with validity were identified: alignment with curriculum and instruction, catering for student …

Final-Year Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions Of General Practice Nursing: A Qualitative Study, Kaara Ray Calma, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Anna Williams, Susan Mcinnes

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Aim: To explore final-year nursing students’ perceptions of general practice nursing.

Background: The need for general practice nurses has increased due to growing demands for health care in the community. This demand is exacerbated by a shortage in the general practice nursing workforce. Understanding final-year nursing students’ perceptions of general practice nursing is important as these may influence career choices.

Design: Qualitative descriptive study within a mixed methods project.

Methods: Telephone interviews were conducted with sixteen final-year nursing students. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. Reporting follows the COREQ checklist.

Results: Perceptions of general practice nursing …

Summary Update 2021 For Policymakers: Unep Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, P W. Barnes, J F. Bornman, K K. Pandey, G H. Bernhard, R E. Neale, Sharon A. Robinson, P J. Neale, R G. Zepp, S Madronich, C C. White, M P S Andersen, A L. Andrady, P J. Aucamp, A F. Bais, A T. Banaszak, M Berwick, L S. Bruckman, S N. Byrne, B Foereid, D-P Häder, A M. Heikkilä, L M. Hollestein, W-C Hou, S Hylander, M A K Jansen, A R. Klekociuk, J B. Liley, J Longstreth, R M. Lucas, J Martinez-Abaigar, R L. Mckenzie, K Mcneill, C M. Olsen, R Ossola, N D. Paul, L E. Rhodes, T M. Robson, K C. Rose, T Schikowski, K R. Solomon, B Sulzberger, J E. Ukpebor, Q-W Wang, S-Å Wängberg, C E. Williamson, S. R. Wilson, S Yazar, A R. Young, L Zhu, M Zhu

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

No abstract provided.

Confidence, Interest And Intentions Of Final-Year Nursing Students Regarding Employment In General Practice, Kaara Ray Calma, Susan Mcinnes, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Anna Williams

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Background: Rising health care burden has increased demand for general practice nurses. Exploring final-year nursing students’ perceived levels of confidence, interest and intention to work in this area can inform preparation and recruitment of new graduates into this workforce.

Aim: To explore final-year nursing students’ confidence, interest and intention to work in general practice.

Methods: Final-year nursing students from five universities situated in New South Wales, Australia were surveyed between March and June 2019. The survey comprised investigator-developed questions and validated tools adapted for use in general practice.

Findings: Of the 355 included responses, 34.1% respondents had a clinical placement …

Relative Age Effects On Academic Achievement In The First Ten Years Of Formal Schooling: A Nationally Representative Longitudinal Prospective Study, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Herbert W. Marsh, Kate M. Xu, Phillip D. Parker, Pauline W. Jansen, Fred Paas

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

The effects of school starting age and relative age effects (RAEs) have generated much interest from parents, teachers, policymakers, and educational researchers. Our 10-year longitudinal study is based on a nationally representative (N = 4,983) prospective sample from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The primary outcomes are results from the high-stake, Australia-wide National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy tests in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9, controlling for demographic characteristics (gender, socioeconomic status, school type, and childhood cognition measured before the start of kindergarten). We evaluated how direct and mediated RAEs vary over the first 10 years of schooling …

Factors That Influence Women's Decision On Infant Feeding: An Integrative Review, Marie Gabrielle Matriano, Rowena G. Ivers, Shahla Meedya

Scopus Harvesting Series

Background: Many women stop breastfeeding earlier than what they intended prior to birth. Although there are many studies that focus on the factors that influence women's antenatal breastfeeding decisions, the factors that influence women's decisions during the continuum of antenatal and postnatal period are less known. Aim: To understand and synthesise the contemporary factors that influence women's decisions on infant feeding from the antenatal period and across the breastfeeding continuum. Method: Five online databases (CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched. We included original search articles that were published since 2015 to August 2021 and were available …