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Portrait of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Author David Foster with academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Author David Foster and academic Jeff Doyle at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Marriage record of Malcolm, John and Foster, Mary Jane
No full textMarriage license for John Malcolm and Mary Jane Foster. E.B. Drumright was the Justice of the Peace
Views of children and young people in foster care survey: education
No full textThis paper explores the educational experiences of children and young people living in foster care in Queensland. Findings are drawn from the responses of 845 children and 1180 young people to the 2011 Views of Children and Young People in Foster Care survey, which is a rich source of information about children’s and young people’s attitudes towards and perceptions of their own education. Findings relate to educational status, key markers of educational disadvantage including suspensions and exclusions, and specific problems children and young people experience at school, as well as children’s and young people’s enjoyment of school and aspirations for the future. Information about educational support, including Educational Support Plans and support provided by Child Safety Officers and Community Visitors are also presented. Where relevant, comparisons are made between the 2011 survey results and prior surveys conducted in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Relationships between key educational measures as well as relationships to other important measures of health and placement stability are also explored.
The findings suggest that children and young people continue to experience educational disadvantage, including high rates of suspension and exclusion and a range of problems at school including problems with schoolwork, bullying and behaviour and that these difficulties can be exacerbated by the child protection system, for example, through placement instability. However, there are reasons for optimism. Children and young people are overwhelmingly likely to report that they enjoy school, expect to complete Year 12 and that their teachers generally like their schoolwork. Furthermore, over time, the proportions of young people reporting that they have an Educational Support Plan have grown, and, importantly, they are more likely to report that these plans are helpful. Analyses in relation to a number of educational variables reveal that young people with a plan they consider to be helpful fare better. Children and young people were also positive about the important role that CSOs and CVs are able to play in supporting their education.
While educational disadvantage is an enduring problem, the survey findings provide evidence of progress in key areas and suggestions for how continued improvements may be made
William Foster Collection
No full textWilliam Patrick Foster (1919-2010) was the director of Florida A&M Universitys "Marching 100" and was highly influential as a bandmaster, composer, and author. His book, Band Pageantry, a Guide for Marching Band, introduced new marching styles to the band scene, breaking away from the militarized marching formations, which was the norm in past bands. Foster was appointed to the American Council on the Arts by President Bill Clinton and inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, the National Association for Distinguished Band Conductors Hall of Fame, the Florida Music Educators Association Hall of Fame and the Afro-American Hall of Fame among others. He also served as the president of the American Bandmasters Association
What's the Hurry? A Retrospective Study of Former Foster Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care and Into Adulthood
No full textABSTRACT\ud
WHAT???S THE HURRY? A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF FORMER\ud
FOSTER YOUTH WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF\ud
FOSTER CARE AND INTO ADULTHOOD\ud
by\ud
Sherry Anne Jones-Gore\ud
Master of Arts in Social Science\ud
California State University, Chico\ud
Summer 2009\ud
Numerous researchers have described the processes and transitions that former foster care youth experience. Typically, much of this policy-driven research is focused on negative outcomes (incarceration, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and dependency on public assistance) that effect public institutions. The following study is unique in that it focuses not on the measurements of researchers, but on the memories and emotions of adult former foster children about the foster care system, much of which is funded by a variety of government institutions. This study develops retrospective qualitative data that gives insight into how former foster children viewed their lives growing up in the foster care system and how it affected them as adults. Because this study was conducted within a single family/household, there is an intimacy that is not typically found in previous studies. The author makes recommendations for\ud
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improvements to the system based on analysis of the interviews. These interviews emphasized the relationship of the foster children to what they called ???the system,??? and the pressure such foster children felt to ???hurry??? through childhood as they shifted between many institutions. These issues in turn have an impact on the effectiveness of program delivery while they are in ???the system.??? Such issues also limit the capacity of former foster care children to develop effective skills and plans needed to pursue post-secondary education.\ud
The most important of these recommendations resulting from this study is that any decision-making regarding the lives of these foster children include their own voices, opinions, and desires in the hopes that transiency will be reduced. Ultimately this implies that there needs to be increased government funding. Increasing government funding could provide a positive investment that is a significant aid in the recruitment, training and retention of effective foster parents. Finally one of the last recommendations that this study made was for more options to be provided for foster care youth to obtain higher education. This is needed because they do not have support networks to fall back on. One way these educational options might be provided would be through the establishment of mentoring services within their educational settings.CSU, Chic
Towards understanding and improving decision-making for the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes
No full textEvidence suggests that improvements in both knowledge and actions are required to realize the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes, specifically in terms of decisionmaking. In the absence of known research in this field, this research aimed to understand and improve decision-making for the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes, using a case study in the Solent, UK. The study constructed a timeline of relevant events. It found that the majority of the events indirectly influenced the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes, and were primarily concerned with some other purpose, such as coastal flooding and erosion risk management. Furthermore, that research, legislation and policy, and practice are interconnected in a complex web, with changes in one domain being reflected in another. Yet despite the significant investment in research and consultation processes by many people over numerous years, no clear end point appears to have been reached in terms of realizing intertidal mudflat and saltmarsh conservation and sustainable use. Building on these findings, the study used multi-methodology systems intervention as a lens through which to view and make sense of what the existing decision-making process is, and how to intervene to change (improve) it. It found that the decision-making process fails to start out systemically, and that an emphasis on participation through consultation is perhaps not the best means of involving stakeholders. The gradual ‘closing down’ of options as a result of the above means that there is often inaction or delays in taking actions due to multiple diverse perspectives regarding what action is required, how, why and by who. An ‘improved’ decision-making process is suggested and trialled involving a social learning cycle based on systems thinking and practice, in which stakeholders engage in dialogue and work together to make decisions and take actions towards the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes. The outcomes from a pilot study workshop demonstrate that the ‘improved’ decision-making process generally proved very successful for this group of stakeholders. It engaged them in dialogue and in working together using skills and techniques in systems thinking, modelling, negotiating and evaluating, leading to new insights and shared understandings about the problem situation, and concerted actions to improve it. Notwithstanding that there are some refinements that can be made to further improve the decision-making process as a result of ‘lessons learned’ from the workshop, the participants’ feedback confirms that it was appropriate in this context, and may also be useful in other complex situations, particularly those involving multiple stakeholders from diverse backgrounds. However, it is recognized that whilst the study has made significant progress towards understanding and improving decision-making for the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes, there is still further work required before the improvements can be implemented on a local, national or global scale
Authors' attitudes to, and awareness and use of, a university institutional repository.
No full textThis article reports the findings of an author study at Cranfield University. The study investigated authors' publishing behaviours, attitudes, concerns, and their awareness and use of their institutional repository (IR), Cranfield QUEprints. The findings suggest that despite a reasonable amount of advocacy many authors had not heard of QUEprints and were not aware of its purpose. Once explained, all authors saw at least one benefit to depositing a copy of their work to QUEprints, but many were unsure how to deposit, preferring to depend on the Library to do the work. The authors voiced few concerns or conditions regarding the inclusion of their work in QUEprints, but felt that it would be an extra, inconvenient step in their workload. This research led to the development of the Embed Project which is investigating how to embed the IR into the research process and thereby encourage more authors to deposit their work
Jazz Ensemble Thursday, November 6, 1986, 8:00 P.M., Hamman Hall
No full textPROGRAM: 88 Basie Street, Sammy Nestico -- Never Ending Blues, Tom Dossett -- Log Rhythm, Les Hooper -- Mean to Me, Fred E. Ahlert (1892-1953) & Roy Turk (1892-1934) -- He Says Murder He Says (from the film Happy Go Lucky) -- Shiny Stockings, Frank Foster (1928-2011) -- Doodlin', Horace Silver (1928-2014) -- Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Bill Holman -- Can't Take that Away from Me, Malcolm Harris -- Nearness of you, Malcolm Harris -- Don't Rain on My Parade, Malcolm Harris -- Mira, Mira, Matt Harris -- Flintstones Theme (Encore), Hoyt Curtin.For program see related works
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