Belinda Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belinda Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belinda |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5377-2296 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring intersectionality and critical multimodal literacy through a children’s picture book about forced displacement and child refugees
This paper explores how children’s picture books (PBs), through multimodal resources (MRs) of visuals, words, social semiotics, and colour, represent child refugee experiences and foster critical multimodal literacy (CML) in early childhood (EC) education. It argues that PBs are ideological texts where MRs construct meanings around identity, power, and belonging. Through this multimodal ensemble, representations shaped by intersecting identities …
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services
Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages. The National Children's Education and Care Workforce Strategy (2022–2031) (ACECQA, 2021) promotes workforce dive…
The Politics of (Mis)perception: Understanding Americans’ Beliefs About Immigrant Welfare Usage
Background Public concerns about immigrants' use of welfare programs have long influenced U.S. immigration and social policy. During the Trump administration, claims that immigrants exploit the American welfare system became central to the political agenda, amplifying perceptions that immigrants are economic burdens. These perceptions, whether grounded in reality or not, can shape public support for both immigration and the welfare state. Aims Fe…
Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests
Are women legislators punished for not supporting women’s substantive policy interests? We test these gendered expectations. We marshal an original content analysis of cable news coverage and two survey experiments testing voters’ assessment of hypothetical legislators on the issues of abortion and equal pay. We find that voters rate both women and men legislators positively for supporting women’s issues and negatively evaluate legislators of bot…
"Immigrationalization" of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
While prior studies have consistently linked immigration attitudes with public support for the welfare state, it is not yet clear how individuals process immigrant-related information in their home contexts and combine that with their existing immigration attitudes to update their attitudes toward the welfare state. In this paper, we consider how context (i.e., immigrant welfare participation rates in individuals' home states) works in tandem wit…
The quest for continuous quality improvement in Australian long day care services: Getting the most out of the Assessment and Rating process
The National Quality Framework (NQF) was intended to drive continuous improvement in education and care services in Australia. Ten years into implementation, the effectiveness of the NQF is demonstrated by steady improvements in quality as measured against the National Quality Standard (NQS). The process of assessing and rating services is a key element in the NQF, drawing together regulatory compliance and quality assurance. This paper draws on …
Structures and systems influencing quality improvement in Australian early childhood education and care centres
Mapping the leap: Differences in quality improvement in relation to assessment rating outcomes
Introduction Australia’s National Quality Standard (NQS) outlines the criteria to assess the quality of early childhood services. A four-point rating scale: (i) Exceeding NQS; (ii) Meeting NQS; (iii) Working Toward NQS; and (iv) Significant Improvement Required is applied to services following a regular assessment and rating process. Settings rated as Working Toward are reassessed within 12 months. Most settings achieved a one-step improvement in…
Children’s Meaning Making: Listening to Encounters with Complex Aesthetic Experience
This paper describes young children’s symbolic meaning-making practices and participation in complex aesthetic experiences in a contemporary art museum context. Through an ongoing long-term research and pedagogy project, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (MCA) is working with researchers to provide regular opportunities for young children (aged birth–5 years) and their families—all members of the same early childhood education (EC…
Protocol for a mixed-methods investigation of quality improvement in early childhood education and care in Australia
International recognition of the early years as a crucial foundational period has led to the design and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) that define, communicate, and monitor the components of quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The aim of these policies is to achieve effective quality assurance and improvement through a system-oriented approach to assessment and evaluation. Informed by ecological …
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s
Das andere Achtundsechzig: Gesellschaftsgeschichte einer Revolte
Das andere Achtungsechzig constitutes a local study of ‘’68’ in Bonn, the Federal Republic’s presumed sleepy capital. Based on un- and underused historical sources, centred on a wide range of extended contemporary interviews, the book joins the welcome flush of texts marking the fiftieth anniversary of 1968 in challenging received knowledge concerning the period’s activism and attitudes. Through careful attention to these tapes, alongside textual…
K atharina K archer . Sisters in Arms: Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968
There has been a spate of scholarly writing in recent years reflecting contemporaneous and ongoing fascination with the political violence of women, specifically. In the context of the West German 1970s, this interest has focused particularly on Baader-Meinhof Gruppe, or the Red Army Faction (RAF). This is unsurprising, as the tiny group as a whole has, since its inception, effectively sucked the oxygen out of the room in public discussion of the…
Integrating animal disease epidemics into disaster risk management
Purpose – Holistic approaches to public health such as “One Health” emphasize the interconnectedness between people, animals, ecosystems, and epidemic risk, and many advocate for this philosophy to be adopted within disaster risk management (DRM). Historically, animal and human diseases have been managed separately from each other, and apart from other hazards considered for DRM. Shifts in DRM, however, may complement a One Health approach. The t…
A Brief Cosmogeny of the West German Green Party
Today's German Green Party looks much like its parliamentary counterparts. However, the long-term political experience of activists who founded the party informed flexible and open political thinking and structure, and raised questions about the nature of deep social change that are worth returning to. The Green Party in its current form is not the only possible relevant and practical manifestation of this thinking. This piece briefly traces an e…
Educators’ understandings of, and support for, infant peer relationships in early childhood settings
This research adopted a qualitative methodology to investigate the reported beliefs and pedagogical practices relating to infant peer relationships held by three early childhood infant educators. Thematic analysis was used to derive commonalties and differences that reflected these educators’ views and practices about children’s early peer relationships. Results indicate in-depth understandings about children’s capacities that did not, however, a…
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U. S. in the 1960s And 1970s
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political protest and collective identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s
A captivating time, the 60s and 70s now draw more attention than ever. The first substantial work by historians has appeared only in the last few years, and this volume offers an important contribution. These meticulously researched essays offer new perspectives on the Cold War and global relations in the 1960s and 70s through the perspective of the youth movements that shook the U.S., Western Europe, and beyond. These movements led to the transf…
Articles
The spaces of the modern city: Imaginaries, politics, and everyday life
By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030. With the increasing speed of urbanization, especially in the developing world, scholars are now rethinking standard concepts and histories of modern cities. "The Spaces of the Modern City" historicizes the contemporary discussion of urbanism, highlighting the local and global breadth of the city landscape. This interdisciplinary collection examines how the ci…
Berlin - Washington, 1800–2000: Capital Cities, Cultural Representation, and National Identities
This 2006 collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed, at times, a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols, with ambitions and contradictions that mirror the nation-states they represent. Such issues such stand in the centre of this volume. The authors ask what these two capitals have …
GIs and fräuleins: The German-American Encounter in 1950s West Germany
Representing Berlin: Sexuality and the Big City in Imperial and Weimar Germany
Monuments, Memory, and the Future of the Past in Modern Urban Germany
Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections
Experience, Identity, and Memory: The Legacy of World War I
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests
Are women legislators punished for not supporting women’s substantive policy interests? We test these gendered expectations. We marshal an original content analysis of cable news coverage and two survey experiments testing voters’ assessment of hypothetical legislators on the issues of abortion and equal pay. We find that voters rate both women and men legislators positively for supporting women’s issues and negatively evaluate legislators of bot…
"Immigrationalization" of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
While prior studies have consistently linked immigration attitudes with public support for the welfare state, it is not yet clear how individuals process immigrant-related information in their home contexts and combine that with their existing immigration attitudes to update their attitudes toward the welfare state. In this paper, we consider how context (i.e., immigrant welfare participation rates in individuals' home states) works in tandem wit…
A Brief Cosmogeny of the West German Green Party
Today's German Green Party looks much like its parliamentary counterparts. However, the long-term political experience of activists who founded the party informed flexible and open political thinking and structure, and raised questions about the nature of deep social change that are worth returning to. The Green Party in its current form is not the only possible relevant and practical manifestation of this thinking. This piece briefly traces an e…
Educators’ understandings of, and support for, infant peer relationships in early childhood settings
This research adopted a qualitative methodology to investigate the reported beliefs and pedagogical practices relating to infant peer relationships held by three early childhood infant educators. Thematic analysis was used to derive commonalties and differences that reflected these educators’ views and practices about children’s early peer relationships. Results indicate in-depth understandings about children’s capacities that did not, however, a…
Activism from Starbuck to Starbucks, or Terror: What's in a Name
Widerstand im Widerstreit. Der Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus in der Erinnerung der Deutschen
Out of Necessity: Women Working in Berlin at the Height of Industrialization, 1874-1913 . Rosemary Orthmann , Enno E. Kraehe Workers' Culture in Imperial Germany: Leisure and Recreation in the Rhinela…
Food Scarcity and the Empowerment of the Female Consumer in World War I Berlin
Straßenpolitik: Zur Sozialgeschichte der Öffentlichen Ordnung in Berlin 1900 bis 1914.Thomas Lindenberger , Dieter Dowe , Michael Schneider
Home Fires Burning: Food, Politics, and Everyday Life in World War I Berlin
Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, this book uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace, particularly poorer women, on German domestic and even military policy during World War I. As Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by women of little means broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cit…
Activism from Starbuck to Starbucks, or Terror: What's in a Name
Experience, Identity, and Memory: The Legacy of World War I
Representing Berlin: Sexuality and the Big City in Imperial and Weimar Germany
Monuments, Memory, and the Future of the Past in Modern Urban Germany
Berlin - Washington, 1800–2000: Capital Cities, Cultural Representation, and National Identities
This 2006 collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed, at times, a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols, with ambitions and contradictions that mirror the nation-states they represent. Such issues such stand in the centre of this volume. The authors ask what these two capitals have …
GIs and fräuleins: The German-American Encounter in 1950s West Germany
Articles
The spaces of the modern city: Imaginaries, politics, and everyday life
By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030. With the increasing speed of urbanization, especially in the developing world, scholars are now rethinking standard concepts and histories of modern cities. "The Spaces of the Modern City" historicizes the contemporary discussion of urbanism, highlighting the local and global breadth of the city landscape. This interdisciplinary collection examines how the ci…
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U. S. in the 1960s And 1970s
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political protest and collective identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s
A captivating time, the 60s and 70s now draw more attention than ever. The first substantial work by historians has appeared only in the last few years, and this volume offers an important contribution. These meticulously researched essays offer new perspectives on the Cold War and global relations in the 1960s and 70s through the perspective of the youth movements that shook the U.S., Western Europe, and beyond. These movements led to the transf…
Educators’ understandings of, and support for, infant peer relationships in early childhood settings
This research adopted a qualitative methodology to investigate the reported beliefs and pedagogical practices relating to infant peer relationships held by three early childhood infant educators. Thematic analysis was used to derive commonalties and differences that reflected these educators’ views and practices about children’s early peer relationships. Results indicate in-depth understandings about children’s capacities that did not, however, a…
A Brief Cosmogeny of the West German Green Party
Today's German Green Party looks much like its parliamentary counterparts. However, the long-term political experience of activists who founded the party informed flexible and open political thinking and structure, and raised questions about the nature of deep social change that are worth returning to. The Green Party in its current form is not the only possible relevant and practical manifestation of this thinking. This piece briefly traces an e…
Integrating animal disease epidemics into disaster risk management
Purpose – Holistic approaches to public health such as “One Health” emphasize the interconnectedness between people, animals, ecosystems, and epidemic risk, and many advocate for this philosophy to be adopted within disaster risk management (DRM). Historically, animal and human diseases have been managed separately from each other, and apart from other hazards considered for DRM. Shifts in DRM, however, may complement a One Health approach. The t…
Das andere Achtundsechzig: Gesellschaftsgeschichte einer Revolte
Das andere Achtungsechzig constitutes a local study of ‘’68’ in Bonn, the Federal Republic’s presumed sleepy capital. Based on un- and underused historical sources, centred on a wide range of extended contemporary interviews, the book joins the welcome flush of texts marking the fiftieth anniversary of 1968 in challenging received knowledge concerning the period’s activism and attitudes. Through careful attention to these tapes, alongside textual…
K atharina K archer . Sisters in Arms: Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968
There has been a spate of scholarly writing in recent years reflecting contemporaneous and ongoing fascination with the political violence of women, specifically. In the context of the West German 1970s, this interest has focused particularly on Baader-Meinhof Gruppe, or the Red Army Faction (RAF). This is unsurprising, as the tiny group as a whole has, since its inception, effectively sucked the oxygen out of the room in public discussion of the…
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s
Mapping the leap: Differences in quality improvement in relation to assessment rating outcomes
Introduction Australia’s National Quality Standard (NQS) outlines the criteria to assess the quality of early childhood services. A four-point rating scale: (i) Exceeding NQS; (ii) Meeting NQS; (iii) Working Toward NQS; and (iv) Significant Improvement Required is applied to services following a regular assessment and rating process. Settings rated as Working Toward are reassessed within 12 months. Most settings achieved a one-step improvement in…
Children’s Meaning Making: Listening to Encounters with Complex Aesthetic Experience
This paper describes young children’s symbolic meaning-making practices and participation in complex aesthetic experiences in a contemporary art museum context. Through an ongoing long-term research and pedagogy project, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (MCA) is working with researchers to provide regular opportunities for young children (aged birth–5 years) and their families—all members of the same early childhood education (EC…
Protocol for a mixed-methods investigation of quality improvement in early childhood education and care in Australia
International recognition of the early years as a crucial foundational period has led to the design and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) that define, communicate, and monitor the components of quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The aim of these policies is to achieve effective quality assurance and improvement through a system-oriented approach to assessment and evaluation. Informed by ecological …
The quest for continuous quality improvement in Australian long day care services: Getting the most out of the Assessment and Rating process
The National Quality Framework (NQF) was intended to drive continuous improvement in education and care services in Australia. Ten years into implementation, the effectiveness of the NQF is demonstrated by steady improvements in quality as measured against the National Quality Standard (NQS). The process of assessing and rating services is a key element in the NQF, drawing together regulatory compliance and quality assurance. This paper draws on …
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