scholarly journals Route description in Iwaidja: grammar and conceptualisation of motion

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Cris Edmonds-Wathen
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Cognition ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Spatial Concepts ◽  
Route Description ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sobre Todo

This study focussed on the effect of grammar of Iwaidja, an indigenous Australian language, on mathematical conceptualisation. It investigated route description in Iwaidja. Spatial concepts such as direction, height and movement in relation to another object are briefly described using examples. Differences between English and Iwaidja are used to illustrate the some of the impact of grammar on mathematical conceptualisation. The implications are discussed in terms of how understanding these grammatical features can help teachers, especially when children are not fluent in the language of instruction, as well as providing keys to cross-linguistic investigations of mathematical cognition. Descripción de ruta en Iwaidja: gramática y conceptualización del movimiento Este estudio se centró en el efecto de la gramática de iwaidja, una lengua indígena de Australia, en la conceptualización matemática. Se investigó la descripción de ruta en esta lengua. Conceptos espaciales tales como dirección, altura y el movimiento en relación con otro objeto, se describieron utilizando ejemplos. Diferencias entre el inglés y el iwaidja son usadas para ilustrar el impacto de la gramática en la conceptualización matemática. Las implicaciones consideran cómo la comprensión de estas características gramaticales puede ayudar a los maestros, sobre todo cuando los niños no hablan con fluidez el idioma de la instrucción, así como proporcionar claves para investigaciones translingüística de la cognición matemática.Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/42390WOS-ESCI

COVID-19 and cancer: Strategic health promotion for indigenous Australians during a pandemic.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24028-e24028
Author(s):  
Carolyn Der Vartanian ◽  
Vivienne Milch ◽  
Gail Garvey ◽  
Cleola Anderiesz ◽  
Jane Salisbury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
The Impact

e24028 Background: Given the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous and ethnic minority populations observed globally, keeping COVID-19 out of vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) communities remains a priority. Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australians experience disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes due to social disadvantage, increased cancer-related modifiable risk factors, poorer access to health services and lower participation in screening. During the pandemic, cancer-related investigations and treatment reduced significantly in Australia, leading to potential decreases in cancer diagnoses and consequences for future survival outcomes. Concerned about the risk of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 for Indigenous Australians, as well as worsening cancer outcomes, Cancer Australia undertook strategic health promotion initiatives, to inform and support optimal cancer care. Methods: In consultation with respected Indigenous colleagues to ensure cultural appropriateness of language and information, we published a dedicated webpage titled ‘ Cancer and COVID-19 – what it means for our Mob*’ with tailored information, advice, and links to key resources and support services for Indigenous Australians. We also released a video titled ‘ Act early for our Mob’s Health’, providing targeted, culturally appropriate, consumer-friendly information to encourage Indigenous Australians to see their doctor or Aboriginal Health Worker with symptoms that may be due to cancer. Results: The information hub has been well-received among the Indigenous Australian community, receiving over 3,200 visits, and the social media campaigns have received over 1.4 million impressions and 46,000 video views between mid-March 2020 to mid-February 2021. This campaign has supported proactivity among the Indigenous population in keeping their communities safe during the pandemic, maintaining a population rate of COVID-19 of less than one percent of all confirmed cases in Australia. Conclusions: Culturally appropriate information and resources developed through the process of co-design can help to influence positive health behaviour change in Indigenous populations. We predict that our strategic, multi-channel health promotion campaign is contributing to keeping the Indigenous Australian community safe and informed during the pandemic, with additional work needed to monitor cancer rates and outcomes and address the ongoing information needs of the community. *Mob is a colloquial term to identify a group of Indigenous Australians associated with a family or community from a certain place.

scholarly journals Indigenous Australian household structure: a simple data collection tool and implications for close contact transmission of communicable diseases

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiripura Vino ◽  
Gurmeet R. Singh ◽  
Belinda Davison ◽  
Patricia T. Campbell ◽  
Michael J. Lydeamore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
The Impact

Households are an important location for the transmission of communicable diseases. Social contact between household members is typically more frequent, of greater intensity, and is more likely to involve people of different age groups than contact occurring in the general community. Understanding household structure in different populations is therefore fundamental to explaining patterns of disease transmission in these populations. Indigenous populations in Australia tend to live in larger households than non-Indigenous populations, but limited data are available on the structure of these households, and how they differ between remote and urban communities. We have developed a novel approach to the collection of household structure data, suitable for use in a variety of contexts, which provides a detailed view of age, gender, and room occupancy patterns in remote and urban Australian Indigenous households. Here we report analysis of data collected using this tool, which quantifies the extent of crowding in Indigenous households, particularly in remote areas. We use these data to generate matrices of age-specific contact rates, as used by mathematical models of infectious disease transmission. To demonstrate the impact of household structure, we use a mathematical model to simulate an influenza-like illness in different populations. Our simulations suggest that outbreaks in remote populations are likely to spread more rapidly and to a greater extent than outbreaks in non-Indigenous populations.

scholarly journals Enhancing Students – Pre Service Teacher Interaction Using First Language (L1) in English for Young Learners (EYL) Classes

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum ◽  
Kharisma Naidi Warnanda Sabgini ◽  
Slamet Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

For any different objectives of teaching EYL at primary schools in Indonesia, qualified EYL teachers are urgently needed. Pre-service teaching program is expected to provide experience of using proper English language in classroom setting. This case study aimed at describing the first language (L1) instruction used by the pre-service teachers of English for Young Learners (EYL) at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM). The findings depicted that L1 was used as a language of instruction to explain the materials and to clarify the instruction given in L2. It is recommended for the pre-service teachers of EYL to use L2 with demonstration, L2 Context Clues, and L1 translation. Ultimately, the use of L1 in L2 teaching is mandatory to communicate the topic and enhance the students - pre-service teacher interactions. As for meeting the purpose of interaction, the use of L1 should involve actional, conversational, and non-verbal competences. In the long run, the impact of L1 in L2 learning in earlier levels can be recognized from good interpersonal communication in English.

scholarly journals Indigenous Australian household structure: a simple data collection tool and implications for close contact transmission of communicable diseases

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiripura Vino ◽  
Gurmeet R Singh ◽  
Belinda Davison ◽  
Patricia T Campbell ◽  
Michael Lydeamore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
The Impact

Households are an important location for the transmission of communicable diseases. Social contact between household members is typically more frequent, of greater intensity, and is more likely to involve people of different age groups than contact occurring in the general community. Understanding household structure in different populations is therefore fundamental to explaining patterns of disease transmission in these populations. Indigenous populations in Australia tend to live in larger households than non Indigenous populations, but limited data is available on the structure of these households, and how they differ between remote and urban communities. We have developed a novel approach to the collection of household structure data, suitable for use in a variety of contexts, which provides a detailed view of age,gender, and room occupancy patterns in remote and urban Australian Indigenous households. Here we report analysis of data collected using this tool, which quantifies the extent of crowding in Indigenous households, particularly in remote areas. We use this data to generate matrices of age-specific contact rates, as used by mathematical models of infectious disease transmission. To demonstrate the impact of household structure, we use a mathematical model to simulate an influenza-like illness in different populations. Our simulations suggest that outbreaks in remote populations are likely to spread more rapidly and to a greater extent than outbreaks in non-Indigenous populations.

Telemental Health Services for Indigenous Communities in Australia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sisira Edirippulige ◽  
Matthew Bambling ◽  
Pablo Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Telemental Health ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
The Impact

Telemental health has been recognized as one of the key methods to closing disparities in health indices in the indigenous Australian populations. The conditions in which Australia’s indigenous communities are presently living have also been equated with parts of the world with limited resources. There is a rationale for exploring opportunities for using telemental health and study its effectiveness in this population This chapter discusses the high burden of mental health disorder among the indigenous population, the telemental health initiative to provide mental health services for these isolated communities, and the impact of these initiative on the wellbeing of the recipients. Chapter concludes with barriers to provide these services and potential solutions in the Australian context.

scholarly journals Indigenous Australian children and the impact of adoption legislation in New South Wales

The Lancet ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 393 (10180) ◽  
pp. 1499-1500
Author(s):  
Marlene Longbottom ◽  
Hannah McGlade ◽  
Marcia Langton ◽  
Kathleen Clapham
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Impact

Parents’ Perceptions of Selecting Language of Instruction for their Children’s Primary Education in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Phooi-Yan Lee ◽  
Su-Hie Ting
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Chinese Parents ◽  
Academic Competencies ◽  
Perceived Impacts ◽  
Career Prospect ◽  
The Impact

The study examines the influence of parents’ educational background on the selection of language of instruction for their children’s primary education and their beliefs on the impact of language of instruction on children’s academic capabilities, career prospect and personal characteristics. A survey was conducted on 400 Chinese parents with a child in primary one in Kuching, Sarawak. The results showed that the parents’ educational background influenced their choice of language of instruction for their children’s primary education. The Chinese-educated parents in Kuching are more likely to enrol their children in Chinese-medium schools while English- and Malay-educated parents prefer Malay-medium schools. The Chinese-educated parents choose Chinese-medium school as they believed that their children would have better career prospects, more useful qualifications, academic competencies, particularly in Mandarin, mathematics and science, and greater appreciation of Chinese culture. The Chinese-educated parents also believed that their children would be proficient in English and Bahasa Malaysia, hardworking, open-minded and racially tolerant but the English- and Malay-medium educated parents disagreed on these perceived impacts of Chinese education and believed that their children studying in Malay-medium schools are just as likely to have these characteristics. The findings suggest that parental choice of school language of instruction may be a proxy for choosing the school culture associated with Chinese- and Malay-medium schools.

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