Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Bureaucratic governance, family economies and the 1930s NSW teachers’ marriage bar, Australia.
Published 2017-01-01This paper reports the findings of an analysis of Statutory Declaration forms completed by teachers seeking exemption from dismissal under the NSW Married Women (Lecturers and Teachers) Act (1932-1947). Most sought exemption ...Open AccessArticle -
Visible pedagogic work: Parenting, private tutoring and educational advantage in Australia.
Published 2016-01-01This article explores parents’ use of private tutoring services for their primary school children in Sydney, Australia’s largest city. Using Bernstein’s theories of invisible and visible pedagogies, we look, through the ...Open AccessArticle -
Benefits and limits of peer support for mothers with intellectual disability affected by domestic violence and child protection
Published 2020-01-01It is established that parents with intellectual disability raise their children in conditions of severe socioeconomic disadvantage, increasing a risk of child removal. Peer support can help vulnerable and isolated families ...Open AccessArticle -
‘She was there if I needed to talk or to try and get my point across’: specialist advocacy for parents with intellectual disability in the Australian child protection system
Published 2018-01-01Parents with intellectual disability are overrepresented in child protection matters due to a combination of socioeconomic disadvantage and assumptions of parenting incapacity by child welfare workers and courts. Inability ...Open AccessArticle -
Intersectional Disadvantage: Exploring Differences Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Parents with Intellectual Disability in the New South Wales Child Protection System
Published 2018-01-01Background: Two parent groups overrepresented in child protection matters are those with intellectual disability and those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. To date, no research has explored the child ...Open AccessArticle