Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Understandng and responding to civil unrest
Following recent civil unrest, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has appointed the founder and patron of the the UK based Centre for Social Justice and former leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, to jointly lead a cross-government programme of action to deal with Britain’s violent street gang culture. Noel Pearson described Smith as, 'the first politician, and first senior public servant, who has struck me as having a profound understanding of social disadvantage at the ground level'. Smith is someone who is having an influence under the banner of social justice. For more information on the views espoused by Smith and the Centre for Social Justice read the report, Dying to Belong (2009)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Cuban literacy at 50
A public forum on Cuban Literacy at 50 was held in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney on Friday 15 April 2011.
Links to parts of the forum are pasted below. More resources from the forum can be accesses by clicking on this link: Cuban literacy at 50
The speakers included:
Other supporting materials can be found on the literacy page of this blog
Links to parts of the forum are pasted below. More resources from the forum can be accesses by clicking on this link: Cuban literacy at 50
The speakers included:
- Ezequiel Morales, brigadista, Cuban Literacy Campaign, 1961; director, Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, Granma province, Cuba
- Dr Eulalia Reyes, Venezuelan educator (Barcelona‐Venezuela & Brisbane)
- Viviana Ramírez, Chilean, senior teacher of Spanish, Qld Dept of Education
- HE Pedro Monzón, Cuban ambassador to Australia, Canberra and literacy speakers brigadista, Cuban Literacy Campaign, 1961
Other supporting materials can be found on the literacy page of this blog
Maybanke podcast blog created
Original audio files produced by Maybanke are now available on the Podbean web blog via the link: http://maybanke.podbean.com/
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Snapshot of Early Childhood Development in Australia UPDATED
The AEDI is a population measure of children’s development in communities across Australia. A Snapshot of Early Childhood Development in Australia - AEDI National AEDI Report 2009 presents a summary of the AEDI results for Australia and each state and territory. The report has been reissued in 2011 following a small follow-up data collection and some minor enhancements to the data-set
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Research in support of a more just society
The Brotherhood of St Laurence has released a new report, Money Matters in Times of Change, which looks at challenges faced by financially vulnerable Australians during times of life transition. It contains a chapter, Moving from School to work. Jesuit Social Services is also a good source of research related to building a more just society. See for example, Professor Tony Vinson's report Unequal in Life.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Accessing research in education
Research papers in education are available through a range of data bases. Some large public libraries provide free access to many of these data bases. For example, residents of New South Wales can access some of these data bases at home or in the workplace through the State Library. Graduates of the University of Sydney can access a limited number of electronic journals and the Macquarie Dictionary Online.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Maybanke launched.
Maybanke is in production. The purpose of this web-based resource is to advance the many interests championed by Maybanke Anderson around the turn of the twentieth century. Maybanke was a feminist educationist who helped establish free kindergartens, as well as study circles to support the spread of reading among adults. She was a writer, historian and publisher who advocated for educational reforms, and the training and working conditions of teachers. Maybanke's version of the 3Rs was the 3Hs: heart, hand and head. Maybanke is produced by Dr Deb Hayes, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney.
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