Patricia Jenkings
Biographic Data
| ID | 3948122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Jenkings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenkings |
| SIGNATURE | JENKINGS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Aborigines' Co-operative Nature Can Affect School Performance
The co-operative nature of Aborigines can adversely affect their ability to succeed in a competitive schooling system. This can be substantiated by an historical study of various native groups.Essentially, the competitive learning processes involve a participant consciously persisting in attempts to achieve superiority, i.e., a better relative position with regard to the goal than an opponent can achieve (Owens, 1982, p.l), while the co-operative…
Education -- Initiation
Education as a form of initiation has severely affected Aboriginal children as they endeavour to live in 'two worlds'.Education involves the initiation of a child into society. At an early age a child attends school where he or she learns attitudes, values and beliefs that are seen as desirable.Australia's early white settlers saw that the Aborigines had no buildings and no formal institutions, this led them to draw a distorted view of Aboriginal…
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Education -- Initiation
Education as a form of initiation has severely affected Aboriginal children as they endeavour to live in 'two worlds'.Education involves the initiation of a child into society. At an early age a child attends school where he or she learns attitudes, values and beliefs that are seen as desirable.Australia's early white settlers saw that the Aborigines had no buildings and no formal institutions, this led them to draw a distorted view of Aboriginal…
Aborigines' Co-operative Nature Can Affect School Performance
The co-operative nature of Aborigines can adversely affect their ability to succeed in a competitive schooling system. This can be substantiated by an historical study of various native groups.Essentially, the competitive learning processes involve a participant consciously persisting in attempts to achieve superiority, i.e., a better relative position with regard to the goal than an opponent can achieve (Owens, 1982, p.l), while the co-operative…
Sociology (2 works) · Adversary (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Boarding school (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Computer security (1 work) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (1 work)