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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Sos: A Subject Online Survey Engine To Support Improvement In Teaching And Learning, Robert M. Corderoy, Ray Stace, A. Ip, P. Macleod
Sos: A Subject Online Survey Engine To Support Improvement In Teaching And Learning, Robert M. Corderoy, Ray Stace, A. Ip, P. Macleod
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
Traditionally, data relating to the conduct of subjects at the University of Wollongong has been collected for academics with one main purpose in mind: to provide the academic with supporting information as to their teaching ability for the purposes of promotion. Currently this data is collected using ‘prescribed Teaching Surveys’. The process is a formal, highly regulated mechanism and is administered by the Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources (CEDIR) on request. The promotion process requires that the academic provide of not less than 4 and no more than 6 such survey reports in their application for promotion. These …
Maritime Internationalism, Rowan Cahill
Maritime Internationalism, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
An account of the long records of internationalism of the Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA) and the Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF), and the way these records contributed to vital international support for the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) during the bitter Australian 'War on the Waterfront' (1998). The MUA was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of the SUA and the WWF.
Community Perceptions Of Reasons For Preference For Consanguineous Marriages In Pakistan, R. Hussain
Community Perceptions Of Reasons For Preference For Consanguineous Marriages In Pakistan, R. Hussain
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Although the recent Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) show that two-thirds of marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous, the sociocultural determinants of such marriages remain largely unexplored. This paper examines the relative importance of the three commonly perceived reasons for such marriages: religious, economic and cultural. The analysis is based on qualitative data collected in 1995 from multi-ethnic and multireligious communities in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. Results show that consanguineous marriages are preferred across all ethnic and religious groups to a varying degree, and that parents continue to be the prime decision-makers for marriages of both sons and …
Consanguineous Marriage And Differentials In Age At Marriage, Contraceptive Use And Fertility In Pakistan, R. Hussain, A. H. Bittles
Consanguineous Marriage And Differentials In Age At Marriage, Contraceptive Use And Fertility In Pakistan, R. Hussain, A. H. Bittles
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Fertility rates in Pakistan have remained consistently high over the past three decades. While numerous studies have examined sociodemographic determinants, the role of biological factors, and particularly consanguinity, has received little attention, even though marriage between close biological relatives continues to be the norm in Pakistan. Reproductive behaviour among women in consanguineous (first cousin) and non-consanguineous unions was compared, using data from a 1995 study of multi-ethnic communities in Karachi and the 1990–91 Pakistan Demographic & Health Survey (PDHS). The results show that, although female age at first marriage has been gradually rising in both study samples, women in consanguineous …
Sos: Supporting Teaching And Learning Through A Customisable Subject Online Survey, Robert M. Corderoy, Ray Stace, A. Ip
Sos: Supporting Teaching And Learning Through A Customisable Subject Online Survey, Robert M. Corderoy, Ray Stace, A. Ip
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
One of the difficulties faced by many academics in their teaching is the evaluation of the teaching and learning process. The growing importance of this aspect of tertiary education has been picked up in recent years by Government in its push for quality assurance in the sector. If quality is most effectively ensured by those directly involved in the provision of a service, then tools, mechanisms and processes need to be provided so that this involvement can be facilitated. The need for evaluation of the success of teaching and learning has become even more critical as more and more in …
How Do We Know If Students Learn Online? A Case Study Of The Deep Integration Of Tertiary Literacy And Discipline-Specific Skills Into A Flexibly Delivered First Year Subject, Margaret Merten, Alisa Percy, Jan Skillen, Neil Trivett
How Do We Know If Students Learn Online? A Case Study Of The Deep Integration Of Tertiary Literacy And Discipline-Specific Skills Into A Flexibly Delivered First Year Subject, Margaret Merten, Alisa Percy, Jan Skillen, Neil Trivett
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
As universities globally move toward the flexible delivery of subjects and courses, the issue of how students learn from these modes is increasingly important for the design of these subjects. Using an action learning approach, this paper will show that this integration of learning skills into subject curriculum results in significant improvements in students’ skills levels. The main focus of the paper is to show that the conversion of subjects into flexible delivery allows a deeper level of integration of tertiary literacy instruction than is possible in campus based subjects. To explore this, the paper will present a case-study on …
Learning About Tertiary Teaching: Placing The Lecturer At The Centre Of The Learning Experience, Maureen E. Bell
Learning About Tertiary Teaching: Placing The Lecturer At The Centre Of The Learning Experience, Maureen E. Bell
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
The attributes of effective university teachers are well documented (Ramsden, 1992). If universities wish to improve learning and teaching they need to provide academic staff with programs through which these attributes can be developed. A wide variety of courses now exist in Australian Universities that aim to develop academic staff as effective teachers (Martin & Ramsden, 1994). Some focus on developing skills through workshops and study packages, others on developing conceptions of teaching at a theoretical level or through reflective practice.
The 'Hat' And The Mechanical-Flâneuse In Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939), Jon Cockburn
The 'Hat' And The Mechanical-Flâneuse In Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939), Jon Cockburn
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
This article addresses the ‘hat’ scene in Ninotchka (1939), a feature film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch for MGM in Hollywood. Central to discussion is the main character, Ninotchka, a Soviet female ‘envoy extraordinary’ played by Greta Garbo. In the film, Ninotchka embodies the ‘new’ woman, but one enacting in a revised form of flânerie that is restructured and disciplined to accommodate Taylorism and Fordism. To help describe this persona, the article constructs a term, the ‘mechanical-flâneuse’ (Cockburn 1999), that refers to the 1930s ‘new’ woman as exemplified by Ninotchka, who combined flânerie with efficiency. The article …
Believing In Equality: The Meanings Attached To ‘Feminism’ In Singapore, Lenore T. Lyons
Believing In Equality: The Meanings Attached To ‘Feminism’ In Singapore, Lenore T. Lyons
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
There have been a number of attempts in recent years to define the nature and character of ‘Asian feminism’. This article examines the way that Singaporean women who belong to the women’s organisation AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) understand the label ‘feminist’, both as a descriptor of their own political practice as well as that of the association. This study shows that for these women, claiming a feminist identity is fraught. Women in AWARE are caught between a public perception of feminism based on a western model, as well as the Singapore state’s own political usage of …
Beyond Technicalities: Expanding Engineering Thinking, Sharon Beder
Beyond Technicalities: Expanding Engineering Thinking, Sharon Beder
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Engineering appears to be at a turning point. It is evolving from an occupation that provides employers and clients with competent technical advice to a profession that serves the community in a socially responsible manner. Traditional engineering education caters to the former ideal, whereas increasingly both engineers themselves and their professional societies aspire to the latter. Employers are also requiring more from their engineering employees than technical proficiency. A new educational approach is needed to meet these changing requirements. It is no longer sufficient, nor even practical, to attempt to cram students full of technical knowledge in the hope that …
Some Thoughts On Autumn Song, Jon Cockburn
Some Thoughts On Autumn Song, Jon Cockburn
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
In late 1998, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney, Autumn Song, a twenty-three minute video by John Conomos, was shown for the first time. This work explores the theme of ‘threat’ meted out to John Conomos by his parents, when in his childhood he was thought to be indolent. The core of this threat was that Conomos would become a member of the do-nothing culturati, like his geographically distant Uncle Manoli “who never left the Greek island of Kythera” (Conomos “Artists Statement” 2). Yet for John Conomos’ parents, an immigrant family …
Whistleblowing And Nonviolence, Brian Martin
Whistleblowing And Nonviolence, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Whistleblowing and nonviolent action have a number of similarities and connections, yet seldom have they been discussed together. There are a number of lessons for whistleblowing from nonviolence, and vice versa. These are raised through a series of points about whistleblowing: that isolated resistance is ruthlessly crushed, that preparation is essential, that formal channels seldom work, that the strategy of mobilization can be powerful, and that whistleblowers seldom bring about change.
Car Culture [Book Review], Georgine W. Clarsen Dr
Car Culture [Book Review], Georgine W. Clarsen Dr
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Since their development precisely spans this centuny, it seems to me no coincidence that there has been a renewed interest in cars at this time. The ways that the automobile has been celebrated as a 'birth' at the end of the last century, and the dystopian future that it has more often come to represent at the end of this one, bracket the extremes of optimism and pessimism that the technology can evoke.
Celebrity And The Media, Frances Bonner, Rebecca Farley, Philip Marshall, Graeme Turner
Celebrity And The Media, Frances Bonner, Rebecca Farley, Philip Marshall, Graeme Turner
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper presents the results of a survey of stories dealing with celebrities in a sample of newspapers, magazines, and television programming. Aimed at testing anecdotal accounts of an increase in the volume of such material within the media generally, the survey provides detailed evidence for the view that this now constitutes a significant portion of media output. The paper discusses these findings in the context of attempting to better understand the cultural function of such stories for their audience.
The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
One of Woody Allen's first jobs was as a gag/joke writer indirectly for New York gossip columnists. To coordinate with the appearance of famous people at grand openings, Allen would write appropriately witty lines that a star's press agent would work hard to get placed in a newspaper column like Walter Winchell's. The lines would be treated as authentic quotes as the star entered the premiere, club or ceremony (Lax 71). His reputation grew from this ability to see what would be humorous to say in a very public setting, or just generally what would make a particular star look …
Who's Afraid Of The Bem? The Politics Of Excellence, Clive Harfield
Who's Afraid Of The Bem? The Politics Of Excellence, Clive Harfield
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Examines the adoptation and application of the EFQM Business Excellence Model within British policing as a model of performance management.
Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, Theo G. Farrell
Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, Theo G. Farrell
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
In "Culture Clash," Michael Desch offers a dismissive assessment of the new culturalist wave in security studies.1 Desch ªnds cultural variables hard to deªne and operationalize, culturalists reluctant to generalize across cases, and inconsistencies within culturalism in security studies such that some cultural theories have more in common with realist theories than with other cultural ones. I deal with each of these criticisms in turn. I then focus on Desch's call for culturalists to subject their theories to "crucial tests." I propose an alternative method, more favored by social scientists and accepted by realists, of comparing realism and culturalism as …