John Synott
Biographic Data
| ID | 4891135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Synott |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Synott |
| SIGNATURE | SYNOTT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Positive peace in schools
The excellently written and constructed book under review here has set out to link its concerns and approaches to established theory in peace studies. With a title of Positive Peace, the opening se
Peacebuilding and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and Strategies for the 21st Century
A pivotal moment: Population, justice and the environmental challenge
The social momentum of growing populations underscores the significance of demographic trends in shaping emerging political and social landscapes. Thus, relevant information for those who seek to u
Peace education as an educational paradigm: Review of a changing field using an old measure
Discourse Resistance And Negotiation By Indigenous Australians
In the context of intercultural relations, the boundaries between dominant and subordinated communities are constructed in a variety of ways. Language frames, or discourses, understood from a sociological rather than a linguistic perspective can be considered to constitute one of the main processes for determining the character of intercultural boundaries. Using this theoretical perspective, this article examines a number of discourses that have …
Development, Education and the Teachers Union Movement in South Korea, 1989‐1999
The passing of legislation in July 1999 to legalise Chunkyojo , the Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union signalled the culmination of ten‐year struggle by teachers to form a representative organisation that could represent them in industrial matters and push forward their agenda for educational reforms in South Korean schools. However the gains, as this article points out, were substantially less than the original goals of the movement. …
Australian aboriginal constructions of humans, society, and nature in relation to peace education
It is estimated that there are, more or less currently, some 86 conflicts around the planet involving indigenous communities, comprising some 72% of total global conflicts (Nietschmann, 1988). Furthermore, of the approximately 120 total global conflicts, 98% are in the Third World and 75% of these involve struggles between nation-states and Fourth World indigenous communities. In almost every conflict situation, the indigenous community is pitted…
The Genealogy of the School: An iconography of badges and mottoes
This paper reports on an investigation into central features of institutional schooling that, collectively, constitute the ‘symbolic architecture’ of education. In particular, this paper provides an analysis of the practices associated with school uniform, badges and mottoes, drawn from a sample of over 500 schools in the state of Queensland, Australia. The analysis reveals a large degree of uniformity in the meaning content of these school icons…
The Genealogy of the School: An iconography of badges and mottoes
This paper reports on an investigation into central features of institutional schooling that, collectively, constitute the ‘symbolic architecture’ of education. In particular, this paper provides an analysis of the practices associated with school uniform, badges and mottoes, drawn from a sample of over 500 schools in the state of Queensland, Australia. The analysis reveals a large degree of uniformity in the meaning content of these school icons…
Peacebuilding and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and Strategies for the 21st Century
Discourse Resistance And Negotiation By Indigenous Australians
In the context of intercultural relations, the boundaries between dominant and subordinated communities are constructed in a variety of ways. Language frames, or discourses, understood from a sociological rather than a linguistic perspective can be considered to constitute one of the main processes for determining the character of intercultural boundaries. Using this theoretical perspective, this article examines a number of discourses that have …
The Genealogy of the School: An iconography of badges and mottoes
This paper reports on an investigation into central features of institutional schooling that, collectively, constitute the ‘symbolic architecture’ of education. In particular, this paper provides an analysis of the practices associated with school uniform, badges and mottoes, drawn from a sample of over 500 schools in the state of Queensland, Australia. The analysis reveals a large degree of uniformity in the meaning content of these school icons…
Australian aboriginal constructions of humans, society, and nature in relation to peace education
It is estimated that there are, more or less currently, some 86 conflicts around the planet involving indigenous communities, comprising some 72% of total global conflicts (Nietschmann, 1988). Furthermore, of the approximately 120 total global conflicts, 98% are in the Third World and 75% of these involve struggles between nation-states and Fourth World indigenous communities. In almost every conflict situation, the indigenous community is pitted…
Development, Education and the Teachers Union Movement in South Korea, 1989‐1999
The passing of legislation in July 1999 to legalise Chunkyojo , the Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union signalled the culmination of ten‐year struggle by teachers to form a representative organisation that could represent them in industrial matters and push forward their agenda for educational reforms in South Korean schools. However the gains, as this article points out, were substantially less than the original goals of the movement. …
Discourse Resistance And Negotiation By Indigenous Australians
In the context of intercultural relations, the boundaries between dominant and subordinated communities are constructed in a variety of ways. Language frames, or discourses, understood from a sociological rather than a linguistic perspective can be considered to constitute one of the main processes for determining the character of intercultural boundaries. Using this theoretical perspective, this article examines a number of discourses that have …
Peace education as an educational paradigm: Review of a changing field using an old measure
A pivotal moment: Population, justice and the environmental challenge
The social momentum of growing populations underscores the significance of demographic trends in shaping emerging political and social landscapes. Thus, relevant information for those who seek to u
Peacebuilding and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and Strategies for the 21st Century
Positive peace in schools
The excellently written and constructed book under review here has set out to link its concerns and approaches to established theory in peace studies. With a title of Positive Peace, the opening se
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)