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Adelaidean 14 February 2000 Vol 9 No 1 Adelaidean NEWS FROM ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 14, 2000 Child racism targeted by psychology study MORE than 100 South Aust- minority groups—with knowledge of ralian school children have ‘stereotypes’ about these groups. taken part in an Adelaide “Devine argued that everyone grows University study designed to up learning what the stereotypes are, “tease out” their thoughts on that the dominant white majority are minority groups and racism. supposedly good, well-behaved, clean, proper, and that people from The findings of that study are now minority groups are lazy, dirty, etc. challenging the long-held view that racism is widespread among children “So maybe what has been demon- in Western societies. strated in this research isn’t neces- sarily how people feel about these For the last 50 years, researchers groups, but instead their knowledge throughout the Western world have of the stereotype of those groups,” Dr concluded that children develop racist Augoustinos said. attitudes by the age of five. Devine was talking specifically about Their studies have often involved giv- research done with adults. Dr ing the children two dolls—one black Augoustinos wanted to take it further and one white—or showing images and apply that theory to children. of black and white children. “We started to think that maybe all of When asked “which is the good this research is not really showing one?”, “which is the bad one?”, the prejudice but the children’s knowl- children have overwhelmingly edge of the stereotypical views described the black doll or image of they’ve been exposed to. So we the black child in negative terms. The decided to put this theory to the test.” white doll or picture of the white child has almost always been described Dr Augoustinos and Honours student Ms Dana Rosewarne devised a new positively. study to uncover the real views and This negativity towards the black attitudes of young Australians to stimuli in the tests has always been black people. attributed to prejudice or racism in Turning a negative into a positive: new research is reversing the idea that racism among young children is as simple as Last year, 110 South Australian “black” and “white”. the children. school children took part in the study. Dr Martha Augoustinos from Adelaide Around half were aged 5-6 years old, “bad”. They also dealt with the differ- whelmingly positive to images of young kids, stereotype knowledge University’s Department of Psychol- while the other half were from an ence between personal beliefs and white children. would be almost the same as their ogy is now challenging this view. older age group, 8-9 years. the views of society as a whole. However, the older age group showed personal beliefs, because that’s all they know—they can’t distinguish The study found that the students in more variation in responses and was “In 1989, an American social psychol- This time, the questions asked of chil- between the dominant social repre- ogist, Patricia Devine, argued that dren were more varied and provided the younger age group responded more likely to report personal beliefs that were different to the cultural sentations of groups and their own psychologists had been confusing them with greater scope to express almost overwhelmingly in the nega- judgements of those groups. ‘prejudice’—that is, negative feelings their views, rather than just giving tive (as in all the previous studies) to stereotypes. and attitudes towards particular them a choice between “good” or images of black children, and over- “We hypothesised that among really Continued Page 4 Praise for medical entry at rural health centre opening DEPUTY Prime Minister John Anderson gone to students from rural areas. has commended Adelaide University on Under the old system, only 3% of medical students its changed entry requirements for med- were from rural and remote Australia. ical students. The SACRRH is a partnership between Adelaide Mr Anderson said he was “absolutely delighted” that University, the University of South Australia and the the changes had boosted the University’s intake of Commonwealth and State Governments. students from rural areas. The Director, Professor David Wilkinson, said the Speaking at the official opening of the South Australian Centre had achieved more than he thought possible Centre for Rural and Remote Health (SACRRH) in over the past 12 months. Whyalla, he said many young people in rural areas suf- It had attracted extra doctors and specialists to the fered educational disadvantages which prevented region, established a university-owned and run teach- them attaining “leading edge” academic results. ing practice, increased the number of rural student This had the effect of disguising their true talents and placements, undertaken critical research and enrolled capabilities, he said. PhD students. Mr Anderson said Adelaide University’s initiative was Last month, the Centre secured two new research exactly what was needed to help address the situa- grants worth a total of $135,000 from the tion. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mary O’Kane, One of the grants will enable the Centre to undertake a had outlined how the University changed its medical national study of the influence of rural background and entry system from one based solely on exam marks to other factors on choice of practice location. one that also considered other attributes, such as The other will fund a study into barriers to the use of (From left) Professor David Wilkinson discusses the benefits of the SA Centre for Rural character. evidence-based medicine in rural general practice in and Remote Health with Adelaide University Vice-Chancellor Professor Mary O’Kane, Professor O’Kane said this year, 27% of the South Australia. Uni SA Vice-Chancellor Professor Denise Bradley and Deputy Prime Minister Mr John University’s first-round offers to study medicine had —John Drislane Anderson. Photo: John Drislane. INSIDE Why it’s good Double exposure New Director Heirlooms to be bad a draw card of Alumni uncover history page 4 page 5 page 6 page 8 Approved For Print Post 565001/00046 For Print Post Approved PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 14, 2000 ADELAIDEAN COMMENTARY COMMERCIALISING RESEARCH Dr Adrian Graves ty. The stories about great inventions in this face education and leading technologies in Acting Director country lost to commercialisation elsewhere on-line delivery and international video-con- Science & Technology are legion. Think of the photocopier, the ferencing. Students who take the program Voice of youth Commercialisation bionic ear, in-vitro fertilisation, the ‘black may choose from a range of options which box’ flight recorder, refrigeration… best fit their personal circumstances and educational aims. Even the most cursory coverage of the mil- The ‘knowledge economy’ and ‘globalisation’ One of the reasons for these lost opportuni- lennium celebrations showed that there was seem to be the most popular buzz phrases of ties is that there is a serious deficit in skills This program is no vanilla MBA course or a the moment. Policy makers, legislators and of commercialisation in Australia. Adelaide clone! It is a practical, skills-based program, a major emphasis that the new century, the commentators are transfixed by them. A University is about to address that. In col- which teaches students how to assess a new millennium, belongs to today’s youth. deep understanding of their nature and ram- laboration with the University of Texas in technology for commercialisation, develop And rightly so! ifactions is less ubiquitous. But then, that Austin, we have developed an innovative the opportunity to commercialise the tech- has always been true of technology-driven Masters degree in science and technology nology by sourcing appropriate funding and It was fascinating to read a few days before transformations since their onset in Britain commercialisation. Successfully delivered partnerships, and then build a business the new year an article in The Australian around 1760. Hitherto, insight into each rev- last year in a cut-down form as a around the commercialised techonolgy. which described the results of a Newspoll olutionary wave has been an act of hind- Professional Certificate to 10 students Students who go through this program will which showed that 18 to 24 –year-olds were sight. This time no economy can afford wis- drawn from a broad spectrum in government have a good theoretical knowledge of com- becoming disenchanted with the Federal dom in hindsight. and the private sector, the new Masters will mercialisation. But more importantly, they be launched this month and begin in May. Government, probably because of its For one thing, the rate of innovation is will be able to do it. approach to higher education. extremely rapid. The early adopters, most The three essential components of the particularly the United States, have already There is a serious deficit in course are taught over three semesters. In The fiasco of the leaked Kemp Cabinet paper assumed a dominant economic and political skills of commercialisation each semester, students undertake a major obviously put a scare in many young people position. This revolution will bring about new in Australia. Adelaide project which is a practical exercise in a key about the debt they may have to incur to centre/periphery relations. It does not follow University is about to stage of commercialisation. Each project is that the currently industrialised nations, “ supported by three subjects which provide complete their higher education. Some com- address that. mentators also believed the Prime Minister’s Australia included, will maintain the privi- the essential background of knowlege to the leged economic and social position which project-based subject. In the first semester, opposition to the republic may have also has been built on the back of earlier industri- for example, the major project is a detailed dented his standing with the youngest vot- So, what is innovative about the program? In al revolutions.
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