Colin Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-7293-3330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Indigenous Australians' experiences during Covid-19 pandemic in the Greater Darwin Region
This article presents a study on the experiences of Indigenous Australians living in the Greater Darwin Region in the Northern Territory during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main aim is to understand the impacts of the pandemic on various aspects of the lives of Indigenous Australians. A survey with open-ended questions was distributed during the period of May to December 2021 to potential participants and responses were collected either face-to-fac…
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.
Sports graduate capabilities and competencies: A comparison of graduate and employer perceptions in six EU countries
The graduate employment market faces ever-increasing socio-economic and political pressures. Higher Education Institutions and the sport sector in the EU have an important role in contributing to graduate employment. The aims of the study were: (1) to assess general perceptions of employability, and (2) to assess sports graduates’ and employers’ perceptions of specific capabilities and competencies in order to identify possible improvements for s…
How deep is your immersion? Policy and practice in Welsh-medium preschools with children from different language backgrounds
A challenge noted in a number of endangered language contexts is the need to mix second-language (L2) learners of the target language with first-language (L1) speakers of that language in a less planned way than is found in the two-way immersion approach. Such mixing of L1 speakers of the target language with L2 learners arises from the difficulty of making separate provision for the dwindling L1 minority. The issue of how to manage the range of …
Mike Grover (1946–2013)
Translanguaging: Developing its conceptualisation and contextualisation
Following from Lewis, Jones, and Baker (this issue), this article analyses the relationship between the new concept of “translanguaging” particularly in the classroom context and more historic terms such as code-switching and translation, indicating differences in (socio)linguistic and ideological understandings as well as in classroom processes. The article considers the pedagogic nature of translanguaging in terms of language proficiency of chi…
Translanguaging: Origins and development from school to street and beyond
The article traces the Welsh origins of “translanguaging” from the 1980s to the recent global use, analysing the development and extension of the term. It suggests that the growing popularity of the term relates to a change in the way bilingualism and multilingualism have ideologically developed not only among academics but also amid changing politics and public understandings about bilingualism. The original pedagogic advantages of a planned use…
The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism edited by Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer
A Multitrait–Multimethod Validity Assessment of the Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Scales
The construct validity of Infante and Wigley's verbal aggressiveness scale and Infante and Rancer's argumentativeness scale are assessed with confirmatory factor analysis and multitrait–multimethod analysis. The factor analytic data replicate previous findings that the verbal aggressiveness scale measures two constructs, verbal aggressiveness and verbal benevolence communication style, and that the argumentativeness scale is unidimensional with s…
New Writing on Old Topics: Malawian Historiography Today
Development Governor: A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Colby
Early life Nigeria arrival in Nyasaland development strategy working life relationships with officials relationships with non-officials posts and telecommunications the railways the food crisis Africans on private estates the African press federation changing relationships departure
Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus
Glittering success and near tragedy were the nodal points of Sir Robert Armitage's career during the turbulent final years of empire. Few colonial administrators reached the top so well prepared, yet after only nineteen months as Governor of Cyprus he was peremptorily replaced by a military governor, and only narrowly escaped being replaced prematurely as Governor of Nyasaland. The author draws on his unique access to Armitage's diaries, letters …
A Time to Mourn: A Personal Account of the Lumpa Church Revolt in Zambia
On Crown Service: A History of H. M. Colonial and Overseas Civil Services, 1837-1997
From Obscurity to Bright Dawn: How Nyasaland Became Malawi: An Insider's Account
Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs
Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960
(1998). Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 171-182
Incremental but Not Disjointed: The Evolution of the Civil Service in Colonial Nyasaland
Prominent among policy analysis and decision-making theories is that known as incrementalism. In this theory decisions have six major features. First, decisions involve taking only small-incremental-steps at a time. Second, they are marginal, that is, they are not fundamental departures from the existing position. Third, they are serial, or relatively regular, each change being of roughly the same magnitude as previous changes. Fourth, they are r…
Development Governor: A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Colby
Seeds of Trouble: Government Policy and Land Rights in Nyasaland, 1946-1964
Land rights and land reform were central elements of colonial history. This book looks at their significance for British colonial policy in Nyasaland (modern Malawi), and how the British government tried to prevent discontent among Africans living or working on European-owned private estates. The first section outlines the political and geographical context, the original acquisition of land by foreigners the restriction of the indigenous populati…
Seeds of Trouble: Government Policy and Land Rights in Nyasaland, 1946-1964
Attitudes and language
The effectiveness of bilingual education
The recent growth of the school effectiveness research movement is analysed in relation to research on bilingual education. Following a portrayal of school effectiveness studies and an outline of the development of hierarchical linear regression, the article examines ways in which bilingual education research may develop. An argument is made for the adoption of research designs which incorporate a multi‐level model of pupils, classrooms and schoo…
Normative testing and bilingual populations
The problems and procedures of producing test norms for bilingual populations are considered. The difficulty of defining sub‐populations for separate test norm production (e.g. first language and second language populations) causes problems of empirical classification. Problems of classification of population groups by skill level and by functional usage are analysed. Four practical solutions are detailed: school classification, person classifica…
Sir Geoffrey Colby and the 'Solent' Flying-Boat Service to Nyasaland, 1949-50
In the history of Malawi's transport and communications, few modes of travel can be more unusual or fascinating than the flying-boat service from November 1949 to October 1950 between Southampton in Britain and Vaaldam near Johannesburg in South Africa, via Cape Maclear, a somewhat isolated and inaccessible spot on the south-west shore of Lake Malawi, 150 miles from the then administrative capital of Zomba and a further 50 miles from the main com…
A Multitrait–Multimethod Validity Assessment of the Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Scales
The construct validity of Infante and Wigley's verbal aggressiveness scale and Infante and Rancer's argumentativeness scale are assessed with confirmatory factor analysis and multitrait–multimethod analysis. The factor analytic data replicate previous findings that the verbal aggressiveness scale measures two constructs, verbal aggressiveness and verbal benevolence communication style, and that the argumentativeness scale is unidimensional with s…
Tax Collection in Malawi: An Administrative History, 1891-1972
Sports graduate capabilities and competencies: A comparison of graduate and employer perceptions in six EU countries
The graduate employment market faces ever-increasing socio-economic and political pressures. Higher Education Institutions and the sport sector in the EU have an important role in contributing to graduate employment. The aims of the study were: (1) to assess general perceptions of employability, and (2) to assess sports graduates’ and employers’ perceptions of specific capabilities and competencies in order to identify possible improvements for s…
The Administrative Service of Malawi - a Case Study in Africanisation
Malawi has her origins, as a separate state, in the British Central Africa Protectorate, declared in 1891 to prevent the Portuguese from claiming the Lake Malawi region. In 1907 the Protectorate was renamed Nyasaland, a title which was retained until independence in 1964. It is with the few years before independence, and the eight years since, that this article is concerned, and it deals with the Africanisation of the Administrative Service durin…
Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus
Glittering success and near tragedy were the nodal points of Sir Robert Armitage's career during the turbulent final years of empire. Few colonial administrators reached the top so well prepared, yet after only nineteen months as Governor of Cyprus he was peremptorily replaced by a military governor, and only narrowly escaped being replaced prematurely as Governor of Nyasaland. The author draws on his unique access to Armitage's diaries, letters …
Language background classification
The classification of individuals into groups with similar language backgrounds is considered. The use made of Language Background questionnaires is analysed and three criticisms offered. These criticisms concern firstly, the varying nature and range of questions used; secondly, the inclusion of indirect language background questions, suggesting a distinction between the concepts of functional bilingualism and language background; and thirdly, pr…
On Crown Service: A History of H. M. Colonial and Overseas Civil Services, 1837-1997
Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960
(1998). Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 171-182
Incremental but Not Disjointed: The Evolution of the Civil Service in Colonial Nyasaland
Prominent among policy analysis and decision-making theories is that known as incrementalism. In this theory decisions have six major features. First, decisions involve taking only small-incremental-steps at a time. Second, they are marginal, that is, they are not fundamental departures from the existing position. Third, they are serial, or relatively regular, each change being of roughly the same magnitude as previous changes. Fourth, they are r…
Seeds of Trouble: Government Policy and Land Rights in Nyasaland, 1946-1964
Land rights and land reform were central elements of colonial history. This book looks at their significance for British colonial policy in Nyasaland (modern Malawi), and how the British government tried to prevent discontent among Africans living or working on European-owned private estates. The first section outlines the political and geographical context, the original acquisition of land by foreigners the restriction of the indigenous populati…
The effectiveness of bilingual education
The recent growth of the school effectiveness research movement is analysed in relation to research on bilingual education. Following a portrayal of school effectiveness studies and an outline of the development of hierarchical linear regression, the article examines ways in which bilingual education research may develop. An argument is made for the adoption of research designs which incorporate a multi‐level model of pupils, classrooms and schoo…
Normative testing and bilingual populations
The problems and procedures of producing test norms for bilingual populations are considered. The difficulty of defining sub‐populations for separate test norm production (e.g. first language and second language populations) causes problems of empirical classification. Problems of classification of population groups by skill level and by functional usage are analysed. Four practical solutions are detailed: school classification, person classifica…
Sir Geoffrey Colby and the 'Solent' Flying-Boat Service to Nyasaland, 1949-50
In the history of Malawi's transport and communications, few modes of travel can be more unusual or fascinating than the flying-boat service from November 1949 to October 1950 between Southampton in Britain and Vaaldam near Johannesburg in South Africa, via Cape Maclear, a somewhat isolated and inaccessible spot on the south-west shore of Lake Malawi, 150 miles from the then administrative capital of Zomba and a further 50 miles from the main com…
A longitudinal study of sociocultural factors affecting bilingual attitude and attainment
(1980). A longitudinal study of sociocultural factors affecting bilingual attitude and attainment. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 92-93
Criminal Justice In Malawi
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The Administrative Service of Malawi - a Case Study in Africanisation
Malawi has her origins, as a separate state, in the British Central Africa Protectorate, declared in 1891 to prevent the Portuguese from claiming the Lake Malawi region. In 1907 the Protectorate was renamed Nyasaland, a title which was retained until independence in 1964. It is with the few years before independence, and the eight years since, that this article is concerned, and it deals with the Africanisation of the Administrative Service durin…
Tax Collection in Malawi: An Administrative History, 1891-1972
Staff Continuity in Nyasaland
Journal Article STAFF CONTINUITY IN NYASALAND Get access COLIN BAKER COLIN BAKER Colin Baker is Principal Lecturer in Public Administration, the Polytechnic of Wales Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 75, Issue 301, October 1976, Pages 475–487, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096772 Published: 01 October 1976
Defining and measuring affiliation motivation
A longitudinal study of sociocultural factors affecting bilingual attitude and attainment
(1980). A longitudinal study of sociocultural factors affecting bilingual attitude and attainment. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 92-93
Language background classification
The classification of individuals into groups with similar language backgrounds is considered. The use made of Language Background questionnaires is analysed and three criticisms offered. These criticisms concern firstly, the varying nature and range of questions used; secondly, the inclusion of indirect language background questions, suggesting a distinction between the concepts of functional bilingualism and language background; and thirdly, pr…
Normative testing and bilingual populations
The problems and procedures of producing test norms for bilingual populations are considered. The difficulty of defining sub‐populations for separate test norm production (e.g. first language and second language populations) causes problems of empirical classification. Problems of classification of population groups by skill level and by functional usage are analysed. Four practical solutions are detailed: school classification, person classifica…
Sir Geoffrey Colby and the 'Solent' Flying-Boat Service to Nyasaland, 1949-50
In the history of Malawi's transport and communications, few modes of travel can be more unusual or fascinating than the flying-boat service from November 1949 to October 1950 between Southampton in Britain and Vaaldam near Johannesburg in South Africa, via Cape Maclear, a somewhat isolated and inaccessible spot on the south-west shore of Lake Malawi, 150 miles from the then administrative capital of Zomba and a further 50 miles from the main com…
The effectiveness of bilingual education
The recent growth of the school effectiveness research movement is analysed in relation to research on bilingual education. Following a portrayal of school effectiveness studies and an outline of the development of hierarchical linear regression, the article examines ways in which bilingual education research may develop. An argument is made for the adoption of research designs which incorporate a multi‐level model of pupils, classrooms and schoo…
Attitudes and language
Seeds of Trouble: Government Policy and Land Rights in Nyasaland, 1946-1964
Land rights and land reform were central elements of colonial history. This book looks at their significance for British colonial policy in Nyasaland (modern Malawi), and how the British government tried to prevent discontent among Africans living or working on European-owned private estates. The first section outlines the political and geographical context, the original acquisition of land by foreigners the restriction of the indigenous populati…
Seeds of Trouble: Government Policy and Land Rights in Nyasaland, 1946-1964
Development Governor: A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Colby
Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960
(1998). Macmillan's ‘Wind of Change’ Tour, 1960. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 171-182
Incremental but Not Disjointed: The Evolution of the Civil Service in Colonial Nyasaland
Prominent among policy analysis and decision-making theories is that known as incrementalism. In this theory decisions have six major features. First, decisions involve taking only small-incremental-steps at a time. Second, they are marginal, that is, they are not fundamental departures from the existing position. Third, they are serial, or relatively regular, each change being of roughly the same magnitude as previous changes. Fourth, they are r…
On Crown Service: A History of H. M. Colonial and Overseas Civil Services, 1837-1997
From Obscurity to Bright Dawn: How Nyasaland Became Malawi: An Insider's Account
Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs
Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus
Glittering success and near tragedy were the nodal points of Sir Robert Armitage's career during the turbulent final years of empire. Few colonial administrators reached the top so well prepared, yet after only nineteen months as Governor of Cyprus he was peremptorily replaced by a military governor, and only narrowly escaped being replaced prematurely as Governor of Nyasaland. The author draws on his unique access to Armitage's diaries, letters …
A Time to Mourn: A Personal Account of the Lumpa Church Revolt in Zambia
New Writing on Old Topics: Malawian Historiography Today
Development Governor: A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Colby
Early life Nigeria arrival in Nyasaland development strategy working life relationships with officials relationships with non-officials posts and telecommunications the railways the food crisis Africans on private estates the African press federation changing relationships departure
The Blackwell Guide to Research Methods in Bilingualism and Multilingualism edited by Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer
A Multitrait–Multimethod Validity Assessment of the Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Scales
The construct validity of Infante and Wigley's verbal aggressiveness scale and Infante and Rancer's argumentativeness scale are assessed with confirmatory factor analysis and multitrait–multimethod analysis. The factor analytic data replicate previous findings that the verbal aggressiveness scale measures two constructs, verbal aggressiveness and verbal benevolence communication style, and that the argumentativeness scale is unidimensional with s…
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