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Analyses 'push' and 'pull' factors for migration from Poland to Australia and examines the costs of migration; Polish migrants' experiences of Australia's multicultural policy; an evaluation of parent's migration by their children' re-migration to Poland and much more. Beata Leuner, Monash University.
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Polskość w Australii to praca poświęcona zagadnieniom związanym z adaptacją osiedleńców w nowym środowisku na przykładzie Polaków zamieszkałych w Australii oraz problemom odnoszącym się do ich tożsamości, implikującym stosunek do kultury rodzimej, w której główne miejsce zajmuje język odziedziczony. Książka zawiera rozdziały dotyczące m.in. australijskiej polityki edukacyjnej w stosunku do imigrantów oraz polskiego szkolnictwa etnicznego ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem bilingwizmu dzieci i jego badaniem za pomocą specjalnie opracowanego testu. „Książka Ewy Lipińskiej znajdzie wielu czytelników wśród badaczy reprezentujących różne dyscypliny naukowe. Prze...
Written with passion, the stories told in this book are those of the search, loss and recreation of identities. From the Fiji-born women living in Canada looking for themselves to the Japanese of Korean origin having lost touch with their original culture, from the Catalonian demand for recognition to the quest for a common European heritage, we can read of the endless need of peoples to find their rightful place in our multicultural societies.
Difficult experiences are unavoidable; transform your resilience in three simple steps. Contrary to long-held belief, trauma is not only caused by exposure to a single, extreme event. The cumulative effect of common stressors that we encounter in our day-to-day lives can have an equally significant impact on our mental and physical well-being. From difficult childhoods, to bereavements, pregnancy and childbirth, and even stressful jobs, traumas - both large and small - are a part of life we can't control, but we can change the way we respond to them. In Everyday Trauma, distinguished neuroscientist Dr Tracey Shors draws on over thirty years of research to explain how your mind and body respo...