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Economics: Labor And Health In South Asia By Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel Mar 2006

Economics: Labor And Health In South Asia By Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

In Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, inferior terms of women’s employment perpetuate their subordination in family and society and impact their health adversely. How women are paid and valued in the fields, factories, and offices has direct bearing on women workers’ status within and outside the workplace. The statistical profile of women’s work in South Asia reveals ahigh maternal mortality rate, adverse sex ratios, low levels of literacy, the highest work participation of women in agriculture, and women’s estimated earned income as less than half that of men, signifying the undervaluation and unpaid nature of women’s productive economic …


Visual Literacy: Tools For Visual Image Analysis, J. Connelly Dec 2005

Visual Literacy: Tools For Visual Image Analysis, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Christie, F. Language Education In The Primary Years, J. Connelly Dec 2005

Book Review: Christie, F. Language Education In The Primary Years, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


[Review Of The Book Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy And Popular Culture], D. Schneider, Mary Christianakis Dec 2005

[Review Of The Book Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy And Popular Culture], D. Schneider, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


Carrick Teaching And Learning Grant, University Of New England, Armidale, Nsw, Australia, J. Connelly Dec 2005

Carrick Teaching And Learning Grant, University Of New England, Armidale, Nsw, Australia, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

Effective employment of Interactive Whiteboards in tertiary teaching Duration: 2006-2007 Funding: AUS$10,000


“Who Asked You?”: Fifth Graders Negotiating Authorship During Peer Editing, Mary Christianakis Dec 2005

“Who Asked You?”: Fifth Graders Negotiating Authorship During Peer Editing, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


Diagnosing Disorderly Children: A Critique Of Behaviour Disorder Discourses, Valerie Harwood Dec 2005

Diagnosing Disorderly Children: A Critique Of Behaviour Disorder Discourses, Valerie Harwood

Valerie Harwood

Based on the author's in-depth research with children diagnosed with behavioural difficulties, this book provides a thorough critique of today's practices, examining:

*The traditional analyses of behavioural disorders and the making of disorderly children *The influence of the 'expert knowledge' on behavioural disorders and its influence on schools, communities and new generations of teachers *The effect of discourses of mental disorder on children and young people *The increasing medicalisation of young children with drugs such as Ritalin.

This book offers an innovative and accessible analysis of a critical issue facing schools and society today, using Foucaultian notions to pose critical …


Reconstructing Culture And Identity In The Academy: Asian Female Scholars Theorizing Their Experiences, Guofang Li, Gulbahar Beckett Dec 2005

Reconstructing Culture And Identity In The Academy: Asian Female Scholars Theorizing Their Experiences, Guofang Li, Gulbahar Beckett

Gulbahar Beckett

T his book project began over a coffee break at the American Educational
Research Association in Seattle several years ago when we
shared our own experiences and excitement as new faculty members
trying to establish ourselves in the familiar yet strange academy. The academy
was familiar to us because we were the apprentices of the academy for
many years and we had learned the once unfamiliar discourses. Both of us
were happy with our academic positions and were fortunate to have very
supportive colleagues. Yet both of us felt we were "strangers" at times. After
all, as Asian, foreign-born, and …