In this chapter, we build on the legislative requirements, conceptual ideas and theories that underpin the way we see and understand partnership work in education settings. As you engage with the chapter, you will be introduced to theoretical modelling and ideas that can inform your work with families, professionals and community. The ideas presented in this chapter will also support you to understand the various practices and communication strategies that are introduced in the succeeding chapters in this book.

In this chapter, we begin by examining the term ‘family’ and how it is defined in different contexts. As we examine these different definitions you will come to understand the complexity of ‘family’ and the diverse ways in which families can be defined. We then explore some of the structural and functional definitions of the family before moving towards examining some of the underlying assumptions made about families within wider society, including how these assumptions might position families in educational contexts. Through this exploration, some of your own underlying assumptions may be challenged as you come to understand the importance of educators and families working together to achieve the best educational outcomes for children. The chapter continues by discussing the idea of a subjective definition of families and what this might mean for you as an educator. We then move toward the term ’partnership’ and explore some of the barriers and opportunities to partnership work and how they can be harnessed and/or overcome. The chapter concludes by introducing the notion of innovative partnership work, your role in it as an educator, and the importance of this work in the educational context.

This chapter provides an opportunity to engage in analysis of contemporary Australian politics and question some of the challenges chosen for further discussion in this chapter. It also aims to bring together much of the discussion through the previous 12 chapters. By highlighting some of the problems Australia faces, including climate change, a global refugee crisis, and a global pandemic, our goal is not to suggest that Australian democracy is broken beyond repair. All nations face similar issues, and so Australia is not unique in that sense. Indeed, we might still argue Australia is Donald Horne’s The Lucky Country – in both the sense of being ‘lucky’, and in the sense Horne intended it (Horne, 2008). But it is only by analysing the challenges we as a nation face, that students of Australian politics can truly evaluate the future of Australian democracy.

Scholars mainly focus on individual movements or movement organizations, but the major impact of contentious politics takes place as the result of cycles of contention in which movements converge, reinforce one another, and come into conflict with counter-movements. In the process of cycles, some movements radicalize and others institutionalize, leading either to violence, pacification, or the combination of the two.

Description: Research on the atom, in the 1950s, brought the possibility of generating the energy that humans increasingly needed from the splitting of the atom. Atomic plants started coming into existence in the Soviet Union, the USA, the UK, France, Japan, and many other countries. Their low cost was a major attraction. Uranium was readily available, even though the plants were expensive to build. As in many industrial plants, there were some accidents that had to be reported to a UN agency. They were generally minor.<break>In later years, three such accidents could no longer be considered minor in their potential, and two were clearly major in their impact. The three accidents were: at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, USA; at Chernobyl, Ukraine; and at Fukushima, Japan. The reasons for each of the accidents was different. These accidents threatened or created a meltdown of the atomic core. The accidents in Ukraine and at Fukushima caused many deaths and did enormous damage. They alerted the world to the potential, existential danger of this cheap energy source and reduced enthusiasm for it. Supporters of atomic energy have continued to stress that in spite of the accidents, atomic energy remains an available and relatively clean energy source.

Key Learning Points

1. 1. CoBaTrICE is an international, competency-based programme for training in intensive care medicine.

2. 2. Traditional educational methods are no longer effective or efficient due to limitations on time.

3. 3. A supportive environment where learning and professional development occur alongside delivery of clinical care should be fundamental.

4. 4. All encounters in the clinical environment should be seen as potential learning opportunities and utilised proactively.

5. 5. Rapidly assessing learner needs and providing specific feedback on performance is key.

The Introduction highlights the opportunities for a healthier and wealthier society following a transition to a low-carbon economy but also notes the serious consequences of inaction. It outlines the aim of the book to help policy-makers with practical guidance and summarises the various sections of the book including: the technologies available, economic projections for a low-carbon Australian economy and comparisons with two emerging giants – Indonesia and India, the sectoral analysis encompassing cities and their precincts, industry and manufacturing, tranportation and regional environments, land use, forestry and agriculture.

There are various definitions of privacy, and for some time now, privacy harms have been characterized as intractable and ambiguous. In this chapter, I argue that regardless of how one conceptualizes privacy the ubiquitous nature of IoT devices and the data they generate, together with corporate data business models and programs, create significant privacy concerns for all of us. The brisk expansion of the IoT has increased “the volume, velocity, variety and value of data.”1 The IoT has made new types of data that were never before widely available to organizations more easily accessible. IoT devices and connected mobile apps and services observe and collect many types of data about us, including health-related and biometric data.

The IoT allows corporate entities to colonize and obtain access to traditionally private areas and activities while simultaneously reducing our public and private anonymity.

In post-independent Africa, social transformation interweaves with other ideological goals such as African renaissance, decolonisation, indigenisation and black empowerment together with ideals for good governance, democracy, social and racial harmony, economic prosperity and political sovereignty, the goal of transformation. The postcolonial order is characterised by economic deterioration, political upheavals, poverty, dictatorship, civil strife, intra- and inter-territorial wars and tribal and racial distrust. These problems are increasing despite attempts to have them solved. Drawing from regional experiences, the chapter advances that using indigenous languages is among the best practices to ensure successful societal transformation. It examines the role that indigenous languages play in guaranteeing the participation of the masses, and in the development of indigenous languages to function in productive sectors of society. It argues that social transformation requires a comprehensive action programme to rid indigenous languages of technical challenges and recommends the use of digital language resources and human language technology among other necessary human, institutional and legal interventions.

This chapter examines the nature of fiduciary duties. They are difficult to define but include loyalty, acting in good faith and ensuring that there is no conflict of interest. This relationship arises where one person has undertaken to act for another. E.g. trustee and beneficiary, solicitor and client, and company director and board. Such relationships also arise where it develops from the nature of the duties owed such as the employer and employee relationship. Not all duties owed by a fiduciary are fiduciary in nature such as the duty of care owed by a solicitor to his client. The emphasis in this area of law is on the fact that a fiduciary cannot make a profit from his position and any profit will be owed to his principal e.g. a trustee must disgorge any profits made through his position as a director if the directorship is attributable to his trusteeship. The law does not differentiate between profits made in good faith and those made in bad faith. Much of the chapter concentrates on the question of bribes and opportunities that arise through the position of a fiduciary. The law is now settled that the principal can claim a proprietary remedy rather than a personal remedy which is relevant where a fiduciary is bankrupt as the principal will have the first claim to any funds held by the fiduciary.

The final chapter summarises the main findings discussed in the book and looks ahead at future challenges and possibilities, drawing out implications from the research described in the earlier chapters with the aim of informing an improved understanding of the interdependence between social integration and language development in the schooling of newcomer EAL students. We conclude by identifying three key dimensions of a framework for optimal analysis and enhancement of the socio-educational experience of newcomer EAL students. These dimensions require further attention from researchers and practitioners: interdependence of second language development and social integration; inclusive pedagogy; and transactional home–school–home communication.

This chapter deals with the challenges, opportunities and potential outcomes of practitioner research. It reconnects with the ideas of Chapters 2 and 3 to allow readers to reflect on the practicalities of practitioner research in terms of challenges and opportunities. Rather than present the challenges as barriers to practitioner research, the chapter discusses approaches that may enable practitioner researchers to reflect on the challenges and develop strategies for managing or minimising their impact. Just as it is important to acknowledge that practitioner research is not without certain challenges (as is the case with any research), it is essential to focus on the opportunities that practitioner research affords educators; we describe what we believe to be the major sources of opportunity in this chapter. The final section of the chapter provides authentic examples of outcomes of practitioner research in multiple contexts as a means to illustrate the possibilities that practitioner research offers when educators complete their research projects.

In Kakuma, UNHCR expects RCOs to compete in a ‘market’ for social protection: either they must provide services for which the community pays, or they can compete to partner with implementing partners (IPs). This chapter explores how the endemic market-based logic of Kakuma has shaped the landscape of refugee-led protection and assistance. UNHCR encourages RCOs, as it is reluctant to interfere with the market. The result is that refugee CBOs face ‘struggle’. They need resources to develop capacity and competence, but cannot access those resources without first demonstrating the same qualities. Yet few RCOs can thrive in this marketplace. While around 30 RCOs have registered as CBOs in the regional administrative capital, Lodwar, and are members of Kakuma’s RCO umbrella organisation, most struggle for funding or recognition. Only one RCO, SAVIC, has its own building and external funding, established through chance encounters and a network of connections built over time by its founders.