New leaf
Social Policy in the Post-Welfare State
Associate
Professor Adam Jamrozik
Pearson Education Australia, 2005
The second edition of Social Policy in the Post-Welfare State presents an up-to-date discussion of recent developments in social policy in Australia.
Additions include an examination of the new legislation and policies around terrorism, as well as critical analysis of the implications of last year’s Federal Government election on the future of social policy in Australia.
Associate Professor Adam Jamrozik, from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, examines social policy in Australia and gives examples of international approaches to provide students with a global perspective.
Analysis is based on a variety of sources including academic research literature and opinions in the daily press. Students are presented with the most recent data and statistics.
Topics in the text include income security, employment and health. There is also a new chapter on housing, urban environment and community services.
The book has been structured to be suitable as a text for a semester course on social policy.
For information visit www.pearsoned.com.au
Beyond the great divide: Co-education or single-sex?
Associate
Professor Judith Gill
UNSW Press, 2004
One of the biggest decisions parents face when deciding on a school for their child is whether or not to choose a single-sex education.
In this book Associate Professor Judith Gill from the School of Education confronts the debate and tackles the myths surrounding single-sex and co-educational schools.
The text includes an overview of the history of schooling in Australia, before looking at the cases for and against single-sex schooling for girls and boys.
Prof Gill, who trained as a high school teacher, delivers a combination of insights from history, sociology and educational psychology, as well as including overseas research.
Through the text, the former director of the Research Centre for Gender Studies at UniSA allows the reader to recognise and refute popular myths around gender and learning – and see the issue as more than a simple choice between two extremes.
For more information visit www.unswpress.com.au
Turn-around pedagogies: Literacy interventions for at-risk students.
Edited
by Professor Barbara Comber and Associate Professor Barbara Kamler
Primary English Teachers Association, 2005
In this practical text teachers share their experiences of helping those students at risk of falling behind with their literacy.
UniSA’s Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures director Associate Professor Barbara Comber has produced the volume with Deakin University’s School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education Professor Barbara Kamler.
Full of practical ideas and case studies, teachers tell how they were able to change their students’ performance by redesigning their literacy curriculum.
Case studies show how technology can be used to engage disenchanted readers and writers. In one instance the students composed animated stories using PowerPoint.
The book also explores how to re-engage high school students as readers through their interaction with the internet, computers and television.
For more information visit www.peta.edu.au