Ruth Arber
Biographic Data
| ID | 761183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Arber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Arber |
| SIGNATURE | ARBER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7221-3000 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and distance education in Australia: Positive experiences of migrant/refugee parents and future directions
This paper presents findings from a study investigating the engagement of migrant and refugee parents in supporting the distance education of their children amidst the Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia. While existing research has extensively addressed challenges within online education during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a dearth of research examining the opportunities afforded to migrant and refugee parents. In pursuit of this, 20 migrant and …
‘It’s out of my hands’: Migrant parents’ challenging experiences of home-schooling during the Covid-19 lockdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant educational disruption globally. When the pandemic forced schools to switch to emergency home-schooling, parental engagement in education became more critical. Some parents found home-schooling as an opportunity to form stronger relationships with their children. Others acquired an enhanced insight into their children’s schoolwork. However, the emerging literature shows that, as not all parents were equall…
English language education reform in pre-2020 Olympic Japan: Educator Perspectives on Pedagogical Change
This paper reports on the perspectives of English language teachers and teacher educators on the most recent English language education policy and curriculum reform in Japan, implemented in preparation for hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Previous research has comprehensively analysed how language ideologies based on national imaginaries, native-speakerism and deficit views of Japanese teachers' pedagogy and practice contin…
Deconstructing Religious Identity, Difference, and Belonging: Implications for Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Increasing numbers of Australians identify with a multiplicity of religion groups or have no religious affiliation. Despite this, the representation of religious groups other than Christian—and the implications of this for anti-racist pedagogy in Australian schools—is seldom explored.This article interrogates the ways in which the most prominent of these minority religious groups (Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish) were spoken about in two Melbourn…
Discourses of antagonism and desire: Marketing for international students in neighbourhood schools
This paper explores the consequences of these discourses for the ways that international students are identified and positioned within school communities. My argument is developed in four sections. The first describes my ongoing exploration into the impact of international student programmes in Australia. The second exemplifies my argument: exploring the day‐to‐day experiences of vice principals in two Victorian government state secondary schools…
Interrogating ‘imagined’ communities: Exploring the impact of international students in local schools
n\t\t\t\t\tThis paper suggests new directions understanding the impact of international students in schools. It is concerned with the ways that community representatives discuss these students and their impact on the community of the school. Recent literatures describe communities such as those of schools as ones of perception and materiality whereby some are included differently than others. Discourses such as multiculturalism and monoculturalis…
Whispering in our Hearts: Speaking of another in changing schools
Beneath discussions about race and ethnic relations is an unease, ‘a whispering in our hearts’ these debates that need to be understood ‘otherwise’. In more recent times, they seem increasingly complex and dangerous as the essential differences that underpin modern notions of identity appear negotiated, contingent, and disjunctive. In this paper, I examine the ways in which teachers and parents in one Melbourne secondary school spoke about these …
Perspectives of Another: Conceiving of Ourselves in Critical Times
The ambivalence of otherness: The manifestation of 'whiteness' in an Australian school-1988-1998
In recent times, and in times of insurgent globalisation, modern notions of identity and with them, conceptions of essential and primordially defined difference seem to have fallen apart. Identity is understood as postmodern, a ‘moveable feast’ of ever-in-process, negotiated differences. The examination of the material and conceptual terms and conditions that position these logics otherwise suggests that these arguments remain tied within concept…
Defining Positioning within Politics of Difference: Negotiating spaces 'in between
It is a quandary for narrative researchers studying politics of difference and education that even as the other is encouraged to speak, the researcher orchestrates their voices and is also positioned within the research. Researchers are cautioned that it is difficult to write about others and that a first task is to understand ourselves. Recent writings demonstrate that we are multipositioned, implicated in unequally empowered ways of understandi…
Uncovering lost dreams: Re-envisioning multiculturalism through post-colonial lenses
Multicultural concepts and practices continue to inform Australian anti-racist pedagogy. Such policies and practices are understood not only as crucial to good community relations but also as controversial and as often failing to achieve their lofty aspirations. Recent literature suggests that multicultural programmes and policies must broaden the way such strategies are understood and analysed. A more critical approach to multicultural theory pl…
The Geography of Organic Farming in England and Wales in the 1990s
Little research has been conducted on the changing geographical distribution of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s. Using officially published secondary data, this paper examines the changing patterns of organic farming between 1993 and 1997, based on the number of organic farms, the area devoted to organic farming, the number of exits from and conversions to organic farming, and specific organic enterprises. The analysis indicates…
The Geography of Organic Farming in England and Wales in the 1990s
Little research has been conducted on the changing geographical distribution of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s. Using officially published secondary data, this paper examines the changing patterns of organic farming between 1993 and 1997, based on the number of organic farms, the area devoted to organic farming, the number of exits from and conversions to organic farming, and specific organic enterprises. The analysis indicates…
Defining Positioning within Politics of Difference: Negotiating spaces 'in between
It is a quandary for narrative researchers studying politics of difference and education that even as the other is encouraged to speak, the researcher orchestrates their voices and is also positioned within the research. Researchers are cautioned that it is difficult to write about others and that a first task is to understand ourselves. Recent writings demonstrate that we are multipositioned, implicated in unequally empowered ways of understandi…
English language education reform in pre-2020 Olympic Japan: Educator Perspectives on Pedagogical Change
This paper reports on the perspectives of English language teachers and teacher educators on the most recent English language education policy and curriculum reform in Japan, implemented in preparation for hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Previous research has comprehensively analysed how language ideologies based on national imaginaries, native-speakerism and deficit views of Japanese teachers' pedagogy and practice contin…
Discourses of antagonism and desire: Marketing for international students in neighbourhood schools
This paper explores the consequences of these discourses for the ways that international students are identified and positioned within school communities. My argument is developed in four sections. The first describes my ongoing exploration into the impact of international student programmes in Australia. The second exemplifies my argument: exploring the day‐to‐day experiences of vice principals in two Victorian government state secondary schools…
The ambivalence of otherness: The manifestation of 'whiteness' in an Australian school-1988-1998
In recent times, and in times of insurgent globalisation, modern notions of identity and with them, conceptions of essential and primordially defined difference seem to have fallen apart. Identity is understood as postmodern, a ‘moveable feast’ of ever-in-process, negotiated differences. The examination of the material and conceptual terms and conditions that position these logics otherwise suggests that these arguments remain tied within concept…
Uncovering lost dreams: Re-envisioning multiculturalism through post-colonial lenses
Multicultural concepts and practices continue to inform Australian anti-racist pedagogy. Such policies and practices are understood not only as crucial to good community relations but also as controversial and as often failing to achieve their lofty aspirations. Recent literature suggests that multicultural programmes and policies must broaden the way such strategies are understood and analysed. A more critical approach to multicultural theory pl…
Uncovering lost dreams: Re-envisioning multiculturalism through post-colonial lenses
Multicultural concepts and practices continue to inform Australian anti-racist pedagogy. Such policies and practices are understood not only as crucial to good community relations but also as controversial and as often failing to achieve their lofty aspirations. Recent literature suggests that multicultural programmes and policies must broaden the way such strategies are understood and analysed. A more critical approach to multicultural theory pl…
The Geography of Organic Farming in England and Wales in the 1990s
Little research has been conducted on the changing geographical distribution of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s. Using officially published secondary data, this paper examines the changing patterns of organic farming between 1993 and 1997, based on the number of organic farms, the area devoted to organic farming, the number of exits from and conversions to organic farming, and specific organic enterprises. The analysis indicates…
Defining Positioning within Politics of Difference: Negotiating spaces 'in between
It is a quandary for narrative researchers studying politics of difference and education that even as the other is encouraged to speak, the researcher orchestrates their voices and is also positioned within the research. Researchers are cautioned that it is difficult to write about others and that a first task is to understand ourselves. Recent writings demonstrate that we are multipositioned, implicated in unequally empowered ways of understandi…
The ambivalence of otherness: The manifestation of 'whiteness' in an Australian school-1988-1998
In recent times, and in times of insurgent globalisation, modern notions of identity and with them, conceptions of essential and primordially defined difference seem to have fallen apart. Identity is understood as postmodern, a ‘moveable feast’ of ever-in-process, negotiated differences. The examination of the material and conceptual terms and conditions that position these logics otherwise suggests that these arguments remain tied within concept…
Perspectives of Another: Conceiving of Ourselves in Critical Times
Whispering in our Hearts: Speaking of another in changing schools
Beneath discussions about race and ethnic relations is an unease, ‘a whispering in our hearts’ these debates that need to be understood ‘otherwise’. In more recent times, they seem increasingly complex and dangerous as the essential differences that underpin modern notions of identity appear negotiated, contingent, and disjunctive. In this paper, I examine the ways in which teachers and parents in one Melbourne secondary school spoke about these …
Interrogating ‘imagined’ communities: Exploring the impact of international students in local schools
n\t\t\t\t\tThis paper suggests new directions understanding the impact of international students in schools. It is concerned with the ways that community representatives discuss these students and their impact on the community of the school. Recent literatures describe communities such as those of schools as ones of perception and materiality whereby some are included differently than others. Discourses such as multiculturalism and monoculturalis…
Discourses of antagonism and desire: Marketing for international students in neighbourhood schools
This paper explores the consequences of these discourses for the ways that international students are identified and positioned within school communities. My argument is developed in four sections. The first describes my ongoing exploration into the impact of international student programmes in Australia. The second exemplifies my argument: exploring the day‐to‐day experiences of vice principals in two Victorian government state secondary schools…
Deconstructing Religious Identity, Difference, and Belonging: Implications for Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Increasing numbers of Australians identify with a multiplicity of religion groups or have no religious affiliation. Despite this, the representation of religious groups other than Christian—and the implications of this for anti-racist pedagogy in Australian schools—is seldom explored.This article interrogates the ways in which the most prominent of these minority religious groups (Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish) were spoken about in two Melbourn…
English language education reform in pre-2020 Olympic Japan: Educator Perspectives on Pedagogical Change
This paper reports on the perspectives of English language teachers and teacher educators on the most recent English language education policy and curriculum reform in Japan, implemented in preparation for hosting the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Previous research has comprehensively analysed how language ideologies based on national imaginaries, native-speakerism and deficit views of Japanese teachers' pedagogy and practice contin…
‘It’s out of my hands’: Migrant parents’ challenging experiences of home-schooling during the Covid-19 lockdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant educational disruption globally. When the pandemic forced schools to switch to emergency home-schooling, parental engagement in education became more critical. Some parents found home-schooling as an opportunity to form stronger relationships with their children. Others acquired an enhanced insight into their children’s schoolwork. However, the emerging literature shows that, as not all parents were equall…
Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and distance education in Australia: Positive experiences of migrant/refugee parents and future directions
This paper presents findings from a study investigating the engagement of migrant and refugee parents in supporting the distance education of their children amidst the Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia. While existing research has extensively addressed challenges within online education during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a dearth of research examining the opportunities afforded to migrant and refugee parents. In pursuit of this, 20 migrant and …
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works)