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The importance of international education has increased during the last two decades due to the process of globalization. For Australia, the third largest exporter of educational services in the world, this has transformed its education, especially in tertiary level. Additionally, Asian countries are rising as the new economic power and Australia's future depends on its capacity to manage the relationship with the new giants in an array of aspects, such as social, economic, political and academic among others. India, one of the new powers in Asia, it will play a key role in Australia development, particularly in the education market as part of the internationalization of education process. This report commissioned by the secretariat of the Board of the Group of Eight (Go8) presents the results of the analysis of the Australian relationship with India in postgraduate education and research, and the recommendations for the national level, but particularly for the Go8 improve relationship with India. To do so, this report examines the international education process where international collaboration evolves, and discusses some major perspectives, then provides the theoretical analysis and lastly presents the data analysis. Collected data included quantitative and qualitative data and it was structured upon the framework of the General Agreement on Trade and Services and research (GATS) and collaboration model. This report shows that the relationship with India in postgraduate education and research is undeveloped in the national level and that, despite the competitive advantages of the Go8 universities for the Indian students and its remarkable performance in research collaboration, this Group lacks of strategy for India. This report recommends to maintain the level of commitment at the national level, in particular continue with the Australian Indian Strategic Research Fund, which is a key factor in the relationship with India, and for the Go8 it recommends design a strategy that work on the ground in India.

Women have been recognised as a crucial force in economic development of any nation. However, it is imperative to mention that traditionally their lives were confined to the four walls of the house. They were mainly engaged in household chores, bearing and rearing of children and were treated on different footings. Their existence was deeply influenced by the prevailing patriarchal system which often results into deprivation of their basic rights as enjoyed by their male counterparts including their right to education. But, with the advent of various legislations, social reforms and women's movement worldwide, there was a major shift in the socio-cultural set up and women's entitlement to education begun to be recognised as pivotal for nations' economic development. On the other hand, history has revealed that in Indian sub-continent, there was a worst scenario of women education. Women were denied their basic right to education and such bias was deeply rooted in prevailing socio-cultural set up where females were treated inferior to men. But, in the backdrop of various social reform movements, women movements, Christian missionaries and new economic reforms of 1991 popularly called as LPG concept (Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization), women education in India witnessed a drastic change. Further, research has noted a strong positive linkage between women education and economic development of any nation. Thus, keeping in view the importance of women education for an economic development of a nation, the present study is an endeavour towards identifying, reviewing and analysing the prior work with respect to above linkages. Moreover, the study has also identified the various issues pertaining to women education in India which has remained unaddressed and demands utmost attention. At the end of the study, various valuable suggestions have also been drawn in order to fill the identifiable gaps in women education structure so as to change its state and enhance its contribution towards achieving robust economic development.

Despite a noticeable increase in health awareness of active participation in physical culture, the vast majority of society still does not see a dependency between health and physical activeness. Only a few consider the lack ofmovement as one of the most harmful factors. Many researches, both Polish and foreign, point to insufficient level of physical activeness among citizens of the European Union, also including Polish ones. The report was aimed atdetermining the level of declared physical activity of gymnasium and secondary education teachers from Bialski region. In addition, an attempt was made to assess the impact of such variables as sex and subject taught on the level of respondents' physical activeness. There was applied a method of diagnostic survey using an IPAQ questionnaire (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) – short version, last 7 days. The research material consisted of 221 randomly selected gymnasium and secondary school teachers from Bialski region. Due to the subject taught, respondents were divided into two groups: physical education teachers (n=76) and teachers of other subjects (n=145). The largest percentage of groups surveyed consisted of people who had a sufficient level of physical activity, whilst the one third met the criteria of the high level. Only physical activeness of moderate nature significantly differentiated groups surveyed in favour of physical education teachers. Taking sex as a criterion of division of the population surveyed, among the women, a considerable differentiation appeared in the area of walking, whereas the male population did not show significant differences only in the area of intense activity.

State politics today -- Electoral foundations of state political systems -- Interest groups and political power -- The party outside government : the electoral party -- The governor as party leader and policy leader -- State legislatures -- The courts -- The budgetary process : spending and taxing -- The politics of redistribution : welfare policy -- Educational policy in the states

In the light of the developments since 1978 in China's higher education system (expansion, differentiation and hierarchization) three major issues are discussed: relationship between concepts of modernization and the relationship to education during 1978-1992; initiated and implemented reforms and their unintended by-products; their impact on quality and equality in higher education. (CESO/DÜI)

Manual codes on English and American sign language / Joseph Stedt, Donald F. Moores -- A manual communication overview / Harry Bornstein -- Communication in classrooms for deaf students / Thomas E. Allen, Michael Karchmer -- Sign English in the education of deaf students / James Woodward -- ASL and its implications for education / Robert J. Hoffmeister -- Signing exact English / Gerilee Gustason -- Signed English / Harry Bornstein -- Cued speech / Elizabeth L. Kipila, Barbara Williams-Scott -- Manual communication with those who can hear / George R. Karlan -- Some afterwords / Harry Bornstein

"This book examines cross-cultural perspectives, challenges, and opportunities pertaining to advancing diversity and social justice in higher education. Furthermore, the book explores multiple concepts of building a bridge from a monocultural pedagogical framework to cross-cultural knowledge through appropriate diversity education models as well as effective social justice practices"--

Militarized state-building interventions (MSIs) must fulfill two often conflicting goals. At the time of withdrawal the intervenor must leave in place a state able to survive on its own and govern its territory. States only intervene in other states, however, when they aspire to change the policy of the target in ways they prefer. In attempting to balance these objectives, the intervenor 'pulls' policy in its preferred direction by supporting a less popular leader at the cost of leaving behind a state that is no more likely to survive over time than its peers. We test our theory and find evidence for this trade-off by examining all MSIs by great powers and IOs in failed states from 1956 to 2006. Consistent with the theory, we find that MSIs do not on average have any significant effect on state survival. We also find that MSIs that move the target state's policy closer to that of the external power have a negative effect on survival, but interventions that do not result in a change in policy do not. This argument and finding temper the optimism of much of the contemporary literature on international interventions. Potential intervenors face a stark trade-off. If they draw the policy of the failed state towards their own preferences, then that state will be more likely to fail again in the future.

In Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice, leading practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines come together to discuss theoretical issues, current practice, and future directions for this rapidly developing field. The authors address key topics such as defining the intergenerational field, the effects of the segregation of groups by age on social function and organization in our communities, and designing, implementing, and assessing programs that create cross-generational connections. Exploring ways to provide services

"Serial no. 99-55." ; CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 86 H341-29 ; Bibliography: p. 39-40. ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The paper focuses on Nigeria, which has over the years invested substantially to improve the educational attainment of the labor force and to raise productivity but yet still faces declining real output and slow economic growth. The study observes that this puzzle is attributable to labor market distortions, redundancy of the workforce, benefit captured syndrome, industrial dispute and job discontinuities as well as leakages in the Nigerian society such as brain drain, among others. The paper further suggests the improvement of the education system, appropriate pricing of teachers labor and prevention of industrial disputes in order to upgrade and internalize the contributions of educational capital to economic growth in Nigeria.

This article examines how parenting practices popularly classed as 'good' are related to poverty, education and time pressure. Using the 2012 UK Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) survey we argue that parenting practices such as reading, playing games and eating meals together are not absent among those who are less well educated, have lower incomes or are more deprived of socially accepted necessities: therefore, political claims of widespread 'poor parenting' are misplaced. Further, we suggest that the dominant trope of poor people being poor at parenting may arise because the activities of the most educationally advantaged parents – who do look different to the majority – are accepted as the benchmark against whom others are assessed. This leads us to suggest that the renewed interest in sociological research on elites should be extended to family life in order that the exceptionality of the most privileged is recognised and analysed.

Abstract In Indonesia, the societies have a long history as a runaway society and fugitive from the state-making projects. Many historical accounts prove that people escape from the state projects, such as corvee labor, wars, diseases and epidemics, conscriptions, slavery, taxes, violence, warfare, diseases, and poverty. In general, this paper describes the state-society relations and examines the meaning of the non-governed society. This paper questions what distinguishes between govern and non-governed society, what kind of social economy and cultural life of non-governed society that distinguishes from a governed state? To answer these questions, this paper explores the distinction of the governed and the non-governed society, which live in the different geographical areas. This paper explains the distinctions and frictions between lowland and highland society in Indonesia, in terms of social economy, kinship, political organization, and religion. In the last reflection, the author argues that non governed society is not only people who live in the upland and far from the centralized bureaucracy, rather they also live in the middle of dense population of a town and even under a most centralized and autocratic regime. Keywords: Geography of the Highland and Lowland, non GovernedSociety, Resistance, Anarchism.