Aboriginal Educators’ Training Program 1981-82

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-43
Author(s):  
D. Tournier
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
New South ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Murray River ◽  
Aboriginal History

Every Wednesday we have a training program for Aboriginal educators in Swan Hill, which is situated on the New South Wales and Victorian border near the Murray River. The Aboriginal educators involved in this program are: Jon Kirby, Caroline Steel, Lynette Bugeja and myself. This program is co-ordinated by our resource teacher – Jill Pattenden.In 1981 we covered such subjects as reading and writing skills, communication, teaching techniques, lesson planning, Aboriginal history, child psychology, counselling, lessons in organising, oral history, community and alcohol, public speaking, submission drafting, study of Aboriginal spirituality.All these subjects were studied with the help of people in the community, both Aboriginal and European. These resource people included local elders, field officers, counsellors, psychologists, an alcohol counsellor, teachers, and people with tribal experience.As part of the program we did activity days at local primary schools. These days are called Jemauraji days (which means “today’s dreaming”). They consisted of different activities such as ground drawing, damper making, corroborée, totems and fire making. Everybody in each school was involved in these activities.

Seasonal and Diel Activity of Fresh-Water Turtles in the Murray Valley, Victoria and New South-Wales

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
BC Chessman
Keyword(s):  
Locomotor Activity ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
New South ◽  
Diel Activity ◽  
Diel Pattern ◽  
Diel Cycles ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Murray River ◽  
Activity Cycles

Activity cycles of Chelodina expansa, C. longicollis and Emydura macquarii were inferred from captures in baited traps set in the Murray River and Lake Boga. C. expansa and E, macquarii were caught only from October to April, while C. longicollis was taken in all months but June and July. Minimum water temperatures at capture were highest for C. expansa and lowest for C. longicollis. Diel cycles of catch rate were often weak, but tended to be bimodal for all species, with peaks near dawn and in the afternoon or evening. Unlike the Chelodina species, E. macquarii was ofen caught near midnight. In the laboratory (at c.24�C with light:dark 12:12 h), the average diel pattern of locomotor activity was weakly bimodal in C. expansa, strongly bimodal in C. longicollis and unimodal in E. macquarii.

scholarly journals Implementing Sport, Physical Activity and Physical Education in New South Wales, Australia, primary schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
John R. Evans ◽  
Christina Curry
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
South Wales

A renewed focus on Physical Education in New South Wales primary schools has the potential to act as an intervention that has positive long-term implications for the whole population. The introduction of physical education (PE) as part of the National Curriculum means the role of PE in Australian primary schools is now open for renewed attention. The rise of an international obesity epidemic means that that the role of PE in primary schools has the potential to make a positive impact on public health outcomes. There could be significant long term savings from well-organized PE programs in primary schools delivered by teaching staff educated in quality physical education. In addition there is also an historical and emerging body of research which links physical activity to academic performance. However not all teachers in primary schools have the skills or life experiences to effectively teach PE. In order to achieve these outcomes we posit that the use of a Game Centered Teaching approach and the use of an underlying pedagogy have the potential to provide more meaningful experiences for students and teachers. In order to implement a Game Centered Teaching approach we advocate the use of specialist PE teachers rather than outsourcing the delivery of PE in schools.

Diet of the Large-footed Myotis Myotis Mcropus at A Forest Stream Roost in Northern New South Wales

2000 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Law ◽  
CA Urquhart
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
South Australia ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Forest Stream ◽  
Small Streams ◽  
Murray River ◽  
Myotis Myotis ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
Fish Remains

RECENT evidence indicates that the large-footed myotis Myotis macropus (previously Myotis adversus) is the sole representative of its genus in Australia (Cooper et al. in press). These are small bats that forage over pools of water in small streams, rivers and lakes, using large feet to trawl for prey along water surfaces (Dwyer 1970; Thompson and Fenton 1982). Little is known about their diet. Fish have been confirmed in the diet of M. macropus at a population that forages over a large lake, near Brisbane (Robson 1984). Unidentified insect material formed the bulk of the species? diet in Robson?s study. A small number of scats were also examined from M. macropus caught on the Murray River in South Australia (Jansen 1987). These contained fish remains and insects, particularly Chironominae (midges) and Culicidae (mosquitoes). We studied the diet of M. macropus at a forest stream to determine the importance of aquatic prey and thus to help guide management strategies for the species.

The effect of diphenyl wraps and case liners on green mould wastage in stored oranges

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (16) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
D Leggo ◽  
JA Seberry
Keyword(s):  
Boric Acid ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Murray River ◽  
Green Mould

Diphenyl wraps and diphenyl liners in combination with sodium a-phenylphenate and borax-boric acid dips were compared for control of green mould in stored oranges. Four experiments were carried out in the Sunraysia area on the Murray River in 1959 and three at Gosford on the central coast of New South Wales in 1960 and 1961. Treatment of the fruit with sodium o-phenylphenate, combined with the application of diphenyl, whether impregnated in fruit wrappers or case liners, effectively reduced green mould in oranges stored at atmospheric temperatures for periods up to nine weeks. There were indications that the location of the diphenyl-impregnated case liners within the container is an important factor in the efficiency of mould control by these treatments.

Constructing Aboriginal Australians, 1930-1960

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
New South ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Aboriginal Australians ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Critical Exploration ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Race And Culture

This article offers a critical exploration of social studies textbooks and allied curriculum materials used in New South Wales primary schools between 1930 and 1960, and of the way in which these texts positioned, discussed, and assessed Aboriginal Australians. With reference to European commitments to Enlightenment philosophies and social Darwinian views of race and culture, the author argues that Aboriginal peoples were essentialized via a discourse of paternalism and cultural and biological inferiority. Thus othered in narratives of Australian identity and national progress, Aboriginal Australians were ascribed a role as marginalized spectators or as a primitive and disappearing anachronism.

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 on student learning in New South Wales primary schools: an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Gore ◽  
Leanne Fray ◽  
Andrew Miller ◽  
Jess Harris ◽  
Wendy Taggart
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
School Closures ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Achievement Growth ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic produced widespread disruption to schooling, impacting 90% of the world’s students and moving entire school systems to remote and online learning. In the state of New South Wales, Australia, most students engaged in learning from home for at least eight weeks, with subsequent individual and intermittent school closures. However, while numerous claims have circulated in the popular media and in think tank reports, internationally, about the negative impacts on learning, there is limited empirical evidence of decreased student achievement. Drawing on data from more than 4800 Year 3 and 4 students from 113 NSW government schools, this paper compares student achievement during 2019 and 2020 in a sample of matched schools to examine the effects of the system-wide disruption. Somewhat surprisingly, our analysis found no significant differences between 2019 and 2020 in student achievement growth as measured by progressive achievement tests in mathematics or reading. A more nuanced picture emerges when the sample is examined by dis/advantage (ICSEA) and Year level. The Year 3 cohort in the least advantaged schools (ICSEA < 950) achieved 2 months less growth in mathematics, while the Year 3 students in mid-ICSEA schools (950–1050) achieved 2 months’ additional growth. No significant differences were identified for Indigenous students or students located in regional locations. These results provide an important counter-narrative to widespread speculation about alarming levels of ‘learning loss’ for all students. While the lower achievement growth in mathematics for Year 3 students in lower ICSEA schools must be addressed as a matter of urgency to avoid further inequities, most students are, academically, where they are expected to be. Our findings are a testament to the dedicated work of teachers during the 2020 pandemic to ensure that learning for most students was not compromised, despite unusually trying circumstances.

Aboriginal dental assistants can safely apply fluoride varnish in regional, rural and remote primary schools in New South Wales, Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 500-505
Author(s):  
John Skinner ◽  
Yvonne Dimitropoulos ◽  
Angela Masoe ◽  
Albert Yaacoub ◽  
Roy Byun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Fluoride Varnish ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Dental Assistants
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