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League Bilong Laif: Rugby, Education and Sport-for-Development Partnerships in Papua New Guinea
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Sherry, Emma; Schulenkorf, Nico – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
League Bilong Laif (LBL) is a sport-for-development (SFD) programme that was established in 2013 as a three-way partnership between the Australian Government, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government (Department of Education) and the Australian Rugby League Commission (National Rugby League). As a contribution to addressing low rates of school…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Program Descriptions, Partnerships in Education, Outcomes of Education
Father-Inclusive Practice in a Family Center: An Australian Perspective
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Fletcher, Richard; St. George, Jennifer; May, Chris; Hartman, Deborah; King, Andrew – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
Because fathers are clearly important to family well-being, including fathers in services for families seems a straightforward idea. How hard can it be? Yet across health, education, and welfare services it is still mothers who attend and engage on behalf of their infants and children. The Family Action Centre, located on the east coast of…
Descriptors: Fathers, Foreign Countries, Well Being, Welfare Services
The Anti-Bias Approach in Early Childhood.
Creaser, Barbara; Dau, Elizabeth – 1995
This book on an anti-bias approach to early childhood education addresses aspects of diversity such as gender, race, and language within Australian society and provides strategies for working with families and staff to challenge existing attitudes and practices. Key features of the book include case studies showing anti-bias principles in action,…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences
Association between Self-Concept and Body Weight, Gender, and Pubertal Development among Male and Female Adolescents.
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O'Dea, Jennifer A.; Abraham, Suzanne – Adolescence, 1999
Examines the effects and interactions of gender, pubertal status, and body weight on the self-concept of young adolescent Australian students. The mean self-concept score was significantly related to students' standard body weight, and there was an interaction between gender and puberty, with postpubertal males having the highest and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Early Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Physical Development
School Health Programs in Australia - A Special Insert.
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Nader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education