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Influence of home and school environments on the academic performance of Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian students studying at an academically-oriented high school in Perth, Western Australia
Although minority status has been associated with low academic achievement, the âhigh Asian achieving syndrome remains as one of the unresolved sociological puzzles. Consistent evidence suggests that regardless of the family status, children from the Asian migrant families, settled in the industrialised countries, tend to perform academically better than their counterparts from the dominant group. This disparity is attributed to a number of factors, which taken separately, do not address this complex issue. In Australia little research has been done to compare the home environment and school experiences of children coming from Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian families even though the number of children from the Southeast Asian region has steadily increased. This thesis investigates the influence of home and school on the academic performance of high school students coming from Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian families who resided in a predominantly middle class suburb and their children attended one particular state school in Perth, Western Australia. By studying children in their homes and classrooms I have attempted in this ethnographic study to construct some theoretically coherent explanations to understand the disparity in academic performance of Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian high school students. In order to capture what teachers, parents, and children say and do as a product of how they interpret the complexity of their world this study explores how macro and micro processes are linked to children\u27s academic performance. As this study aims to understand social events from each individual\u27s point of view it assumes that human behaviour is the result of indispensable and continuous interactions between persons and the situations they encounter. The findings of this study, with no claim to generalise beyond these families, suggest that the reason why Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian children have different educational outcomes is that these families socialise their children differently. From this study emerge two different models: and academic oriented Chinese-Australian model and a sports oriented Anglo-Australian model. At the start of high school there was no marked difference in ability and performance based on ethnicity. By the time they completed lower secondary school all Chinese-Australian students had improved in English and enrolled in a normal stream in English. Except for one student, they had selected TEE subjects with a university education as their main goal. At this stage, Anglo-Australians, with the exception of two students (who had selected TEE subjects), had decided to study either a mixture of TEE and TAFE subjects or easier TEE subjects. At the end of Year 12 all Chinese-Australian, except for one, had qualified to study at university. From Anglo-Australian group, only two students had qualified to study at university. This pattern of performance is consistent with the high Asian achieving syndrome and lack lustre performance of Anglo-Australian students. However, this study serves some sober reminder about the narrow focus by Chinese-Australians and lack of effort by Anglo-Australian students
STRENGTHENING EDUCATION TO GENERATE EDUCATIONAL GRADUATES (TEACHER PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION IN AUSTRALIA)
ABSTRACT
Considering that education has become the engine room for modern economies and the
backbone for prosperity of any nation, there is a massive drive on a global scale to upgrade the
quality of education a nation provides to its citizens. The top performing education systems
have demonstrated that the quality of teacher training and raising the social status of teachers is
a pre-requisite to improve the quality of education the citizens of a nation receive. This paper
focuses on (a) the attributes of quality teacher training and quality teachers, (b) discussion of
Australian and Singaporean approach to teacher training, and (c) need for Indonesian teacher
training institutes to upgrade their strategies to provide quality training. Since teachers are
the most valuable to schools investment in teacher professionalism is vital to ensure that they
are equipped with an evidence-based repertoire of pedagogical skills that are demonstrably
effective in meeting the developmental and learning needs of all students.
Keywords: teacher professionalism, education system, teacher trainin
HOME-SCHOOL LINK A KEY FACTOR TO EXPLAIN AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
This study focused on congruency of culture of home and school of children from Chinese-
Australian families as a major factor in their academic success. Qualitative approach was
used for uncovering three key things, namely, 1) conditions and interactions at home; 2)
childrenâs behavior and interaction in classroom; 3) childrenâ activities after school hours
and at weekends. The approach considered to be appropriate to capture what teachers,
parents and children say and do as a product of how they interpret the complexity of their
world. Data collected by using ethnographic techniques, mainly participant observation
and conversational interviews. There were seven children from five Chinese-Australian
families residing in Perth metropolitan area involved in the study. The families immigrated
from Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Analysis indicated that Chinese-Australian
parents pushed their children far beyond their limits in their drive for academic excellence.
They made their home suitable for studying and ensured continuity between homes and
school. Impulse control, deferment of short term gratification, effort/hard work, and
scholastic achievement were Chinese cultural values implanted by the parents. Chinese-
Australian children met most of their teachersâ demands. Consequently, their interactions
with their teachers were in more positive ways.
Key words: Chinese-Australian families, impressive performance student
Spin alignment measurements using vector mesons with ALICE detector at the LHC
We present new measurements related to spin alignment of K*0 vector mesons at mid-rapidity for PbâPb collisions at âsNN = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV. The spin alignment measurements are carried out with respect to production plane and 2nd order event plane. At low pT the spin density matrix element Ï00 for K*0 is found to have values slightly below 1/3, while it is consistent with 1/3, i.e. no spin alignment, at high pT. Similar values of Ï00 are observed with respect to both production plane and event plane. Within statistical and systematic uncertainties, Ï00 values are also found to be independent of âsNN. Ï00 also shows centrality dependence with maximum deviation from 1/3 for mid-central collisions with respect to both the kinematic planes. The measurements for K*0 in pp collisions at âs = 13 TeV and for K0S (a spin 0 hadron) in 20-40% central PbâPb collisions at âsNN = 2.76 TeV are consistent with no spin alignment.publishedVersio
Spin alignment measurements using vector mesons with ALICE detector at the LHC
We present new measurements related to spin alignment of K*(0) vector
mesons at mid-rapidity for Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 and
5.02 TeV. The spin alignment measurements are carried out with respect
to production plane and 2nd order event plane. At low p(T) the spin
density matrix element rho(00) for K*(0) is found to have values
slightly below 1/3, while it is consistent with 1/3, i.e. no spin
alignment, at high p(T). Similar values of rho(00) are observed with
respect to both production plane and event plane. Within statistical and
systematic uncertainties, rho(00) values are also found to be
independent of root s(NN). rho(00) also shows centrality dependence with
maximum deviation from 1/3 for mid-central collisions with respect to
both the kinematic planes. The measurements for K*(0) in pp collisions
at root s = 13 TeV and for K-s(0) (a spin 0 hadron) in 20-40\% central
Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV are consistent with no spin
alignment
Mathematical Modeling of Driving Forces of an Electric Vehicle for Sustainable Operation
Increasing greenhouse gases & air pollution are a global threat. Global forums are aggressively emphasizing on reducing the dependence on non-renewable resources. Battery Electric vehicle are among the initial initiative to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and this demands more research to understand the energy requirements of a vehicle under different driving conditions. The performance of an Electric Vehicle depends on varying drive conditions and the Power Electronic Controller is primarily responsible for its sustainable operation. In this paper, a novel mathematical model is proposed to analyze the performance of an electric vehicle under different driving conditions. The model is simulated at different driving speeds keeping other longitudinal, lateral, and vertical parameters fixed. Rolling resistance forces, aerodynamic drag force, gradient force, total driving force, driving torque, and power requirements at different speeds have been calculated under standard driving conditions. The rolling resistance increases by 2.16 times with a change in the vehicle speed from 40 kmph to 120 kmph. The aerodynamic drag force increases ten times with a 10-degree gradient. The battery operating temperature is critical in vehicular performance, a hybrid Pneumatic-Liquid Thermal Management System is proposed to maintain battery operating temperature. Performance of the proposed model is simulated and found to be in line with the existing standards. This study concludes that road conditions, tyre pressure, velocity of travel, wind velocity, and temperature significantly influence the performance of an electric vehicle
Spin alignment measurements using vector mesons with ALICE detector at the LHC
We present new measurements related to spin alignment of K*0 vector mesons at mid-rapidity for PbâPb collisions at âsNN = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV. The spin alignment measurements are carried out with respect to production plane and 2nd order event plane. At low pT the spin density matrix element Ï00 for K*0 is found to have values slightly below 1/3, while it is consistent with 1/3, i.e. no spin alignment, at high pT. Similar values of Ï00 are observed with respect to both production plane and event plane. Within statistical and systematic uncertainties, Ï00 values are also found to be independent of âsNN. Ï00 also shows centrality dependence with maximum deviation from 1/3 for mid-central collisions with respect to both the kinematic planes. The measurements for K*0 in pp collisions at âs = 13 TeV and for K0S (a spin 0 hadron) in 20-40% central PbâPb collisions at âsNN = 2.76 TeV are consistent with no spin alignment
Spin alignment measurements using vector mesons with ALICE detector at the LHC
We present new measurements related to spin alignment of K*0 vector mesons at mid-rapidity for PbâPb collisions at . The spin alignment measurements are carried out with respect to production plane and 2nd order event plane. At low pT the spin density matrix element Ï00 for K*0 is found to have values slightly below 1/3, while it is consistent with 1/3, i.e. no spin alignment, at high pT. Similar values of Ï00 are observed with respect to both production plane and event plane. Within statistical and systematic uncertainties, Ï00 values are also found to be independent of . Ï00 also shows centrality dependence with maximum deviation from 1/3 for mid-central collisions with respect to both the kinematic planes. The measurements for K*0 in pp collisions at and for K0S (a spin 0 hadron) in 20-40% central PbâPb collisions at are consistent with no spin alignment
Multiplicity dependence of light (anti-)nuclei production in pâPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV
The measurement of the deuteron and anti-deuteron production in the rapidity range â1 < y < 0 as a function of transverse momentum and event multiplicity in pâPb collisions at âsNN = 5.02 TeV is presented. (Anti-)deuterons are identified via their specific energy loss dE/dx and via their time-of- flight. Their production in pâPb collisions is compared to pp and PbâPb collisions and is discussed within the context of thermal and coalescence models. The ratio of integrated yields of deuterons to protons (d/p) shows a significant increase as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity of the event starting from values similar to those observed in pp collisions at low multiplicities and approaching those observed in PbâPb collisions at high multiplicities. The mean transverse particle momenta are extracted from the deuteron spectra and the values are similar to those obtained for p and particles. Thus, deuteron spectra do not follow mass ordering. This behaviour is in contrast to the trend observed for non-composite particles in pâPb collisions. In addition, the production of the rare 3He and 3He nuclei has been studied. The spectrum corresponding to all non-single diffractive p-Pb collisions is obtained in the rapidity window â1 < y < 0 and the pT-integrated yield dN/dy is extracted. It is found that the yields of protons, deuterons, and 3He, normalised by the spin degeneracy factor, follow an exponential decrease with mass number
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