Peter Ling
Biographic Data
| ID | 152096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Ling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Ling |
| SIGNATURE | LING P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swinburne University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4101-6466 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An epistemology of education research
This paper is a philosophical piece relating to an issue in education theory: what is the epistemological nature of the product of education research and what are the consequences for the reporting of findings and conclusions in particular, what form of contribution to knowledge and/or understanding can emerge from education research? Education research takes many forms, so the answer to the question addressed may vary according to the research p…
Emerging Methods and Paradigms in Scholarship and Education Research
There is a renaissance in the use of the term "scholarship," as it is being used to define areas of academic endeavour, describe academic work and achievements, and measure the quality of higher education. Although all academicians are required to engage in scholarship, it is difficult to navigate as there is a misunderstanding of this concept as new methods and approaches emerge. Emerging Methods and Paradigms in Scholarship and Education Resear…
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peter Ling’s acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King Jr provides a thorough re-examination of both the man and the Civil Rights Movement, showing how King grew into his leadership role and kept his faith as the challenges facing the movement strengthened after 1965. Ling combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther King’s life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rig…
Social Capital, Resource Mobilization and Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
This article critiques the contradictory claims of Robert Putnam and Aldon Morris in relation to the American civil rights movement. Putnam identifies the South as the American region most lacking in social capital, and argues more generally that the 1960s marked a watershed beyond which social capital in the United States declined in all regions. Morris identifies the indigenous resources of southern African American communities as fundamental t…
(A)broad Teacher Education
In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the practices of teacher educators and also for the behaviors of the international teacher education stu…
Political education in post-Second World War Germany and the American South
Both American and European adult educationalists saw the Danish folk high school as a model for how to educate citizens for more active involvement in their communities. This article examines the experience of Wislade Folk School in Germany and the Highlander Folk School in the United States after the Second World War. In the German case, Wislade was unable to persuade local people to confront the evils of Nazism, but did facilitate the practical…
The Incomparable Elkins
First published in 1959, Stanley Elkins's work Slavery was an invitation to American scholars to look at this subject in new ways. It proposed that systematic comparison of slave systems should replace moral absolutism, and it suggested that neglected aspects of slavery could be highlighted by a process of analogy. This essay reviews Elkins's work, highlighting the strengths and the flaws of a methodology that drew on social scientific and litera…
From family to nation
John Dittmer, LOCAL PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN MISSISSIPPI, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995, 530 pp., $29.95. Charles M. Payne, I'VE GOT THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM: THE ORGANIZING TRADITION AND THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM STRUGGLE, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995, xiv + 525 pp, $28.00
Australian universities
A key goal of the study entitled ‘Forging new directions in physics education at Australian universities ’ granted funding by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is to review service teaching being carried out nationally in Australian universities and to articulate what constitutes excellence in physics service teaching or, more generally, physics taught to non-physics majors. The project is national in its scope a…
Social Capital, Resource Mobilization and Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
This article critiques the contradictory claims of Robert Putnam and Aldon Morris in relation to the American civil rights movement. Putnam identifies the South as the American region most lacking in social capital, and argues more generally that the 1960s marked a watershed beyond which social capital in the United States declined in all regions. Morris identifies the indigenous resources of southern African American communities as fundamental t…
(A)broad Teacher Education
In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the practices of teacher educators and also for the behaviors of the international teacher education stu…
Australian universities
A key goal of the study entitled ‘Forging new directions in physics education at Australian universities ’ granted funding by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is to review service teaching being carried out nationally in Australian universities and to articulate what constitutes excellence in physics service teaching or, more generally, physics taught to non-physics majors. The project is national in its scope a…
The Incomparable Elkins
First published in 1959, Stanley Elkins's work Slavery was an invitation to American scholars to look at this subject in new ways. It proposed that systematic comparison of slave systems should replace moral absolutism, and it suggested that neglected aspects of slavery could be highlighted by a process of analogy. This essay reviews Elkins's work, highlighting the strengths and the flaws of a methodology that drew on social scientific and litera…
From family to nation
John Dittmer, LOCAL PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN MISSISSIPPI, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995, 530 pp., $29.95. Charles M. Payne, I'VE GOT THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM: THE ORGANIZING TRADITION AND THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM STRUGGLE, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995, xiv + 525 pp, $28.00
Political education in post-Second World War Germany and the American South
Both American and European adult educationalists saw the Danish folk high school as a model for how to educate citizens for more active involvement in their communities. This article examines the experience of Wislade Folk School in Germany and the Highlander Folk School in the United States after the Second World War. In the German case, Wislade was unable to persuade local people to confront the evils of Nazism, but did facilitate the practical…
Social Capital, Resource Mobilization and Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
This article critiques the contradictory claims of Robert Putnam and Aldon Morris in relation to the American civil rights movement. Putnam identifies the South as the American region most lacking in social capital, and argues more generally that the 1960s marked a watershed beyond which social capital in the United States declined in all regions. Morris identifies the indigenous resources of southern African American communities as fundamental t…
(A)broad Teacher Education
In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the practices of teacher educators and also for the behaviors of the international teacher education stu…
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peter Ling’s acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King Jr provides a thorough re-examination of both the man and the Civil Rights Movement, showing how King grew into his leadership role and kept his faith as the challenges facing the movement strengthened after 1965. Ling combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther King’s life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rig…
Emerging Methods and Paradigms in Scholarship and Education Research
There is a renaissance in the use of the term "scholarship," as it is being used to define areas of academic endeavour, describe academic work and achievements, and measure the quality of higher education. Although all academicians are required to engage in scholarship, it is difficult to navigate as there is a misunderstanding of this concept as new methods and approaches emerge. Emerging Methods and Paradigms in Scholarship and Education Resear…
An epistemology of education research
This paper is a philosophical piece relating to an issue in education theory: what is the epistemological nature of the product of education research and what are the consequences for the reporting of findings and conclusions in particular, what form of contribution to knowledge and/or understanding can emerge from education research? Education research takes many forms, so the answer to the question addressed may vary according to the research p…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Civil rights (3 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)