University of the Sunshine Coast
USC Research Bank - University of the Sunshine CoastNot a member yet
28663 research outputs found
Sort by
The Physics of MRI and How We Use It to Reveal the Mysteries of the Mind
No full textNo abstract available
Picturing childhood connections: How arts-based reflection supports pre-service early childhood teachers’ understandings about wellbeing, belonging, and the significance of childhood experiences with people and place
No full textWith a focus on childhood-nature connections, Black uses her chapter to highlight the significance of early experiences for wellbeing. Further, she shows the important role arts-based reflection and representation can play for early childhood educators – educators who have daily opportunities to support young children’s development and learning through responsive relationships and environments. This chapter showcases pre-service teachers’ narrative and creative works created during a sustainability-focused course in an Australian undergraduate early childhood education teaching degree. In these works, pre-service teachers remember and represent significant childhood and relational experiences with people, place and the more-than-human. Supported by their own stories and creative and historical artefacts, pre-service teachers articulate renewed commitments to supporting children’s relationships and wellbeing through nature-rich environments and connections
Pathways to engagement: a longitudinal study of the first-year student experience in the educational interface
No full textStudent engagement is critical to success in the first year of university, yet evidence about how and why various factors influence engagement remains relatively rare. This study addresses this gap combining an existing framework of student engagement (Kahu and Nelson, Higher Education Research and Development, 37(1), 58–71, 2018) with student narratives to provide a detailed understanding of students’ engagement throughout their first year. Weekly semi-structured interviews with 19 first-year students at an Australian university illustrate how student and university factors interact to influence engagement, as conceptualised in the framework. The findings provide empirical support for the framework of student engagement, offering a more nuanced understanding of the student experience within the framework’s educational interface. The importance of self-efficacy, belonging, emotions and wellbeing as interwoven pathways to student engagement is demonstrated and the contextual and dynamic nature of engagement highlighted. Further work is necessary to understand how this knowledge can best facilitate student engagement and perhaps reduce cycles of disengagement
Healing effects from the on-site experiences of tourists
No full textThis study adopted a new variable labeled “healing effects,” in place of “quality of life,” to measure the service dimension of the health‐oriented tourism experience. A questionnaire survey was given to visitors to a guesthouse in Korea. The results indicate that “deviation experience(s)” has a large influence on “the affective healing effect,” but “destination experience” has no significant influence on affective healing. Also, “resident relationship experience” has a great influence on “cognitive and social healing effect,” but “deviation experience” again has no significant influence. The findings of this study provide a theoretical contribution as a pioneering study of healing effects
What to bring when you are told not to bring a thing: The need for protocols in acknowledging Indigenous knowledges and participants in Australian research
No full textThis article provides a content analysis of articles published in Australian Social Work, the British Journal of Social Work, the International Journal of Social Welfare and International Social Work from 2007 to 2017 regarding the practice of acknowledging Indigenous participants and knowledges in articles that contain Indigenous content. This article argues that acknowledgement is an important way of recognising and showing respect for Indigenous people, as active agents in the research process. Indigenous cultural ideas, values and principles are now contributing to and informing a significant amount of research. Ways are suggested by which authors and journals can develop good practice when acknowledging Indigenous peoples respectfully within their research. This research found a need for the development of specific journal editorial policies and guidelines for authors who wish to publish content pertaining to Indigenous peoples that adequately reflects their contribution while protecting and acknowledging Indigenous knowledge, ideas and ownership of information
Is the European red fox a vector of the invasive basket asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) in eastern Australia?
No full textBasket asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus) has become a naturalised invasive plant in some coastal areas of Australia since its introduction in the late 19th century. Its spread through garden waste dumping and avian seed dispersal has been well documented and both are considered to be the primary means of dispersal. While a small number of avian vectors have been identified, no Australian studies have investigated the potential of mammals to disperse basket asparagus seeds. We collected basket asparagus seeds from fox (Vulpes vulpes) scats collected in the field, confirmed the viability of these seeds in germination trials, and further documented the germination of basket asparagus seeds from an undisturbed fox scat in situ. These results demonstrate that foxes consume and disperse basket asparagus seeds, and that these seeds are viable and germinate under field conditions. Foxes not only use basket asparagus stands as harbour, but can also facilitate the plant's dispersal in coastal ecosystems
Career clustering can help your child navigate post-school choices
No full textOur ability to earn an income is one of our greatest assets, and while choosing a career has never been easy, it’s even more complicated these days. Going on to higher education is one of many post-school choices that young people have
Speciesism
No full textSpeciesism, also called anthropocentrism, refers to the superiority of the human species and their control over non-human animals. Speciesism is a form of discrimination that has been perpetuated throughout the history of human and non-human animal relationships. Discrimination are actions which cause harm based on unfair social practices such as marginalization and stereotyping. The result is that non-human animals are treated as objects. This leads to a culture where it is acceptable to violate the basic rights of non-human animals. The specific nature of speciesism is influenced by cultural and economic practices where there are differences in how domestic animals and pets are regarded, compared with farm animals and wild animals
DeceIT and Personality: Which HEXACO Traits Make a Convincing Liar?
No full textLaw enforcement officers in undercover roles, working with informants and in police interviews, use deception to uncover critical evidence in criminal investigations. Therefore, lie production is a critical skill for these law enforcement officers. However, current selection processes for police assigned to these areas do not include tests to identify effective storytellers (liars), as standardised and reliable tests for this do not exist, despite the fact that the ability to lie is exceedingly important for both operational effectiveness and officer safety. This pilot study investigates the lie production abilities of 84 undergraduate students from an Australian university. Student scores in a game of deception were compared with their scores on the 100-item version of the HEXACO-PI-R (Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience), a measure of personality traits, to explore relationships between deception abilities and personality traits. Results indicate that fairness, sincerity, honesty-humility, sentimentality, social boldness and creativity were associated with lie production ability, while sociability and diligence were predictive of successful truth telling. Further research is required to validate these results in the law enforcement population. Notably, the findings did not support the existence of a relationship between lie production and lie detection ability, suggesting these are two separate skills
The application of scam compliance models to investment fraud offending
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to undertake an exploratory study on mapping the investment fraud methods and tactics used by scammers against the emerging literature on scam compliance. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative interviews were conducted with victims of investment fraud supported by the engagement of specialist counsellors and allied health professionals who specialise in scam victim support (including investment fraud). Findings: Investment fraud offending in the cases sampled exhibited a number of dominant offending traits and methodological themes. These included a strong reliance or dependency on legitimate service provisioning on the part of the fraudster and the use of key trust measures to lure the victim. The empirical data revealed the presence of a number of scam compliance influences captured in the literature, including trust, social influence and urgency, as well as others not previously documented that pave the way for further research attention. Research limitations/implications: The research only examined a sample of investment fraud victim experiences that engaged a national victim support service immediately following detection over a 24 month period. Practical implications: The research found that offending relied upon the participation of trust-building signals and measures. Legitimate economy participants appear to play a dominant role in enabling investment scam activities, further creating efficiencies for criminals. The offending tended to follow a number of distinct but connected phases. Impacts were influenced by specific offending attributes, such as whether remote access was given to offenders of a victim’s device, as well as the nature of the identity credentials access. Originality/value: The research has practically applied an emerging view of scam compliance influences and vulnerabilities within an investment fraud context. The study is novel in its thematic analysis of the distinct phases and tactics used by scammers