Essays about: "indigenous Australians"
Found 5 essays containing the words indigenous Australians.
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1. Indigenous Peoples place in Disaster Risk Management : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Australia’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Frameworks
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This paper argues for the utilisation of Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse the Australian governments disaster risk frameworks and plans to find if their depiction, or lack thereof, of indigenous knowledge and people can be traced parallel to their historical treatment of indigenous Australians. Focusing on matters of inequality which plague the indigenous people of Australia, I discuss how indigenous people and their knowledge have been disregarded within the drafting of Australia’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management plans and frameworks, resulting in a lack of inclusion and consideration of the benefit of their indigenous communities and their knowledge. READ MORE
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2. A postcolonial reading of John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began - an interdisciplinary study of teaching social justice through a young adult novel in the Swedish upper secondary EFL classroom
University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to examine if John Marsden’s young adult novel, Tomorrow, when the war began (1993), can be used in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL classroom, when teaching social justice. In order to fully examine the aim, a postcolonial reading of the novel has been made. READ MORE
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3. "We are an open and tolerant society that promotes the celebration of diversity..." - A quantitative study of social capital in Australia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the effect of the Australian government passing the legislative and administrative act, The New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, on the social capital in Australia. The Agenda was passed in 1999, and aimed at creating a more trustful and inclusive society among one of the most diverse population in the world. READ MORE
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4. Facilitating Immigrants' Employability: Educational borrowing and lending in the context of Swedish for Immigrants
University essay from Lunds universitet/PedagogikAbstract : In the Swedish context Swedish language skills are considered to be a crucial factor for an individual's ability to establish him/herself in society as well as on the labour market. Despite this, the Swedish organisation Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) has been exposed to extensive critique: Not enough students manage to establish themselves on the labour market, but get trapped in SFI. READ MORE
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5. 'It's in our culture' - A qualitative case study on Indigenous Australians' experiences of learning at the organisation QATSIHWEPAC
University essay from Lunds universitet/PedagogikAbstract : In every population there are groups of minorities. These minority groups are often underrepresented on the labour market. This led us to the question whether or not this under representation is connected to the absence of cultural appropriate pedagogy in the education. In this study the specific minority group in focus is Indigenous Australians. READ MORE
