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Bennison, Anne; Goos, Merrilyn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
This paper reviews recent literature on teacher identity in order to propose an operational framework that can be used to investigate the formation and development of numeracy teacher identities. The proposed framework is based on Van Zoest and Bohl's (2005) framework for mathematics teacher identity with a focus on those characteristics thought…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Professional Identity, Numeracy, Mathematics Teachers
Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian; Paradies, Yin; Parada, Roberto; Denson, Nida; Priest, Naomi; Bansel, Peter – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper offers a brief review of research on the impact of bullying and racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia. The overarching emphasis was on the variety of physical, social, mental, and educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth, whilst also critiquing the prevailing…
Descriptors: Bullying, Racial Bias, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Breen, Myles P. – 1980
A review of the current situation regarding the media flow between the United States and Australia shows that the traditional pattern--American content dominating the Australian media--still holds, but that there is evidence of movement by the Australians to establish their own media identity. An analysis of the television ratings for Australia's…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Lealand, Geoff – 1986
Focusing on the experience of New Zealand, this paper is a response to a 1978 essay which suggested that a study be done to compare the programming patterns of television in the developed countries of Australia and New Zealand. Significant differences between the two nations are presented, including conspicuous discrepancies in television…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Broadcast Industry, Content Analysis, Cultural Influences
Mensinger, Janell – 2000
This paper reviews the findings reported by Dyer and Tiggemann (1996) in Australia studying the effect of single sex versus coeducational school environments on body concerns in adolescent females. It details the reasons why parents and their children choose to be educated in single sex versus coeducational environments; and reviews literature…
Descriptors: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Females, Foreign Countries