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Direct linkLea Locke, Michelle – Australian Journal of Education, 2018
The scholastic success of Bolongaia (Maria Lock), at the Parramatta Native Institution in 1819, arguably positions her as an academic giant. Bolongaia's exam results challenged the opinions of the day when she 'bore away the chief prize'. Bolongaia's academic success was based purely on her acquisition of western based knowledges and values. In…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Education, Higher Education
Field, John – Adults Learning, 2011
Rioting usually achieves nothing in itself, but it can tell the people a lot about their society. For anyone interested in adult learning, the experience of the public debate has been salutary, with any attempt to explain the events being dismissed as "condoning" the looters. While it would be arrogant to assume that everyone now knows…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Activism, Foreign Countries
Wyn, Johanna – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
This paper reaches into a comprehensive study of a generation of young people in Australia, drawing on a comparison with Canadian longitudinal data. It argues that this is a generation of reluctant change makers who have created new ways of living as a response to economic changes and government policies. These new ways of living, once exposed,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Generational Differences, Cross Cultural Studies
DiConsiglio, John – CURRENTS, 2009
Welcome to the Generational Wars--a workplace skirmish over everything from ties and pantyhose to flex time and Facebook. For the first time in American history, three generations are now working desk-to-desk. And each brings wildly varying views on work and life into the office. The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are the Baby Boomers,…
Descriptors: Institutional Advancement, College Administration, Public Relations, Generational Differences
