Monash University – The S.T.E.P.S. Project

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Conceptual Mapping ◽  
Definitive Statement ◽  
Plural Society ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Plural Societies ◽  
Australian Department

A Survey of Teacher Education for Plural Societies (the S.T.E.P.S. Project) has been commissioned and funded by the Education Research and Development Committee of the Australian Department of Education.In the present state of teacher education in Australia, there are quite apparent uncertainties about aims, guiding presuppositions, and models of society. For instance, in the area of pluralism, agreement has yet to be reached on whether Australia is multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial, or polyethnic. All these terms have been used at various times – often as political rhetoric – but arguably do not clarify our understanding of the nature of Australian pluralism.At the conceptual mapping level, STEPS is designed to survey available recent Australian and overseas literature and research to arrive at a summary of the concepts currently employed to describe plural societies. It is hoped that this summary will provide a basis for arriving at a definitive statement about the special characteristics of Australian pluralism – it being axiomatic that each plural society will have its own ‘brand’ of pluralism – in order to assist educators’ and educational planners’ thinking and policy making.

Overseas: Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan

1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Native Studies ◽  
Aboriginal Students ◽  
Exchange Material ◽  
The University ◽  
Indian Students ◽  
Education Courses

We recently received exchange material from The Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) at Saskatoon, Canada. A brief description of the program might be of interest to those readers involved in adult and teacher education courses for Aboriginal students.SUNTEP is a four-year off campus Teacher Education Program offered through the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research in co-operation with the Department of Education and the University of Saskatchewan and Regina. It is an enriched program leading to a B.Ed, degree, designed specifically for Metis and Non-Status Indian students who might not otherwise attend university. The program has a number of unique aspects including -

Het profiel van de lokale politiek

Res Publica ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26
Author(s):  
Rudolf Maes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Government Organization ◽  
Cultural Sector ◽  
Total Government Expenditure

In Belgian political rhetoric municipalities are described as the cornerstone of a well-balanced government organization. However, this is not noticeable in the administrative language: municipalities are described as 'subordinate' administrations or 'administrations under tutelage'. Their share in total government expenditure is alarmingly low, 10.8%.The importance of local politics is determined by:- the political will to recognise the municipality as a 'civil society'- the interest in the democratic content of government and the necessity of policy differentiation- the recognition of local government as a laboratory for policy and as a voice of the place community in the national politics.From the perspective of policy-making Belgian municipalities have a mixed profile. First of all, they are 'cultural municipalities': 28.5% of the expenditures are in the educational and cultural sector. Other important expenditures are: roads and utilities (17%) and security (12.8%). Compared to different West-European countries, expenditures for social matters are rather limited (11 %).

A State Department of Education's Stake in the Work of Professional Teacher Placement Agencies

1952 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
State Department ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Cooperative Program ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
Teacher Placement

Qualified teachers, particularly elementary school teachers, are at a premium in every state. In California, the fastest growing state, which obtains one half its annual supply from other states, an effective cooperative program facilitates guidance, certification, and the continuous study of supply and demand, as described here by Mr. Stone, Consultant in Teacher Education, California State Department of Education.

Rethinking youth bulge theory in policy and scholarship: incorporating critical gender analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Pruitt
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
Accurate Analysis ◽  
Public Media ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Youth Bulge

Abstract For decades ‘youth bulge’ theory has dominated understandings of youth in mainstream International Relations. Youth bulge theory has also become part of some public media analyses, mainstream political rhetoric, and even officially enshrined in the foreign policy of some states. Through the ‘youth bulge’ lens, youth—especially males—have been presented as current or future perpetrators of violence. However, this article argues that the youth bulge thesis postulated in mainstream IR is based on flawed theoretical assumptions. In particular, supporters of youth bulge theory fail to engage with existing research by feminist IR scholars and thus take on a biological essentialist approach. This has led to theoretical and practical misunderstandings of the roles youth play in relation to conflict, peace and security. These partial and biased understandings have also resulted in less effective policy-making. In critically reflecting on the ‘youth bulge’ thesis, this article argues that applying gender analysis is crucial to understanding the involvement of young people in general—and young men in particular—in conflict. Doing so will contribute to advancing more accurate analysis in scholarship and policy-making.

The Semantics of State Policy Making: The Case of “At Risk”

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Placier
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Cultural Framework ◽  
Policy Construction ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Linguistic Framework

Definitions of key policy terms are important elements in policy construction. Accordingly, the power to define such terms is a linguistic marker of relationships among players in the policy process. Combining a linguistic framework with the cultural framework of Marshall, Mitchell, and Wirt (1989), this article traces definition of the term at risk in the context of one state, Arizona. Researchers in the Department of Education used the definition process as an opportunity to enhance the department’s prestige and power in relation to other policy-making bodies.

Policy-Making for the Brazilian Amazon

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 416-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jon Rosenbaum ◽  
William G. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
National Integration ◽  
Major Development

Long a region seemingly immune to modernization and relegated to governmental neglect, the Brazilian Amazon has nonetheless frequently been the theme of political rhetoric. While the area has stagnated, Brazilians have continually referred to it as the “Land of Promise.” Now, however, it appears that Amazonia is finally to become a major government beneficiary.An area comprising 42 percent of Brazil's territory but only about three percent of its population, a land often inaccurately portrayed as both a “Green Hell” and a “Green Paradise,” the Amazon recently has been selected by President Garrastazu Médici as the site of a major development effort. Its colonization and economic development have been assigned priority status within the president's “Plan for National Integration.”

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