Dr Siri Gamage
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
BA (Hons) (Ceyl), MA (Sociology) (Hawaii), PhD (Sociology and Anthropology) (Monash)
Contact
| Email: | siri.gamage@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E7 243 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3836 (or +61 2 6773 3836 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3878 |
Siri is a member of the Education Context academic team. He is also the coordinator, Master of Education (International Schooling, Education and Development) program. The program is also available as an Honours degree.
Affiliations
Affiliated fellow of UNE Asia Centre
Member, Australia and New Zealand Comparative and international Education Society (ANCIES)
Associate, Centre for Culture, Identity & Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Fellow, Australian Anthropological Society
Areas of Teaching
EDCX 401 Curriculum and the Social Context of Schooling
EDCU 403 – Teaching for Cultural Diversity –NESB Students
EDCX 548 Education and Society: Contemporary and Global Perspectives
EDCX 555 International Schooling: Challenges and Issues
EDCX 560 Frameworks for Intercultural Studies and education
Research interests
Intercultural studies and education
International education and Globalisation
Identity, immigrant adaptation and diasporic communities
Social theory/sociology of education
Education, Social inequality and Culture Difference
Cross Cultural interfaces in Human-Community interactions
Professional Activities
Referee papers for Journals such as the Journal of Sociology, South Asia, International Education Journal and for the International Cultural Research Network (ICRN)
Organisation of short term training courses in education for professionals from Asian countries, e.g. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Selection of Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Gamage,S. 2011. Internationalisation (privatisation)of school education in Sri Lanka: An analysis of differing discourses and the impact on society, Modern Sri Lanka Studies: A Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 111(1), pp.25-42
Gamage, S. Gamage, C. 2010. Globalisation of Culture in the context of Globalism/Localism and Homogenisation/Fragmentation Debates, Global South, Sephis e-Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1 pp.35-40.
Gamage, S. 2010. Can Sri Lanka Achieve Durable Peace with the Tamils After Defeating Tamil Tigers? Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, 2008-09 Annual edition, Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (This was published in 2010 but as the journal issue was a delayed issue 2008-09 appears as the publication date).
Gamage, S. (2009) ‘Economic Liberalisation, Changes in Governance Structure and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka’ Journal of Contemporary Asia, 39 (2) May
Gamage, S. (2007) 'Ideas from Postmodernism/Poststructuralism, Sociology of education and Critical Pedagogy for Teacher Educators in Rural Universities, in Exploring Cultural Perspectives in Education, (Ed) H.Maitles, ICRN Press, Edmonton.
Gamage, S. (2006) ‘Critical Discourses on Globalization, Knowledge Economy and Public Education: the case of Sri Lanka’, UNE Asia Centre Papers –electronic journal, issue 11, Armidale.
Non Refereed Journal Articles
Gamage, S. (2007) Law Enforcement Agencies, partisan Influences and Civic Rights: Domination or Customer orientation, Law and Society Review, 17(233) Colombo.
Gamage, S. (2005). Has Multiculturalism Passed its Use-by-date? Australian Mosaic, 9 (1), Canberra.
Book Chapters
Gamage, S. 2011 Changing Development Models, Post-war International Development and Developing Country Needs, in W. Wimalaratana(eds) Agriculture and Rural Development in Sri Lanka, Development Resource Centre, Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Colombo.
Gamage, S. 2009. Ideas from Postmodernism/Poststructuralism, Sociology of education and Critical Pedagogy for Teacher Educators in Rural Universities, in Exploring Cultural Perspectives in Education (eds) Henry Maitles, ICRN Press, Edmonton.
Gamage, S. (2008) Current Thinking about Critical Multicultural and Critical Race Theory in Education, in Soliman, I (eds) Interrogating Common Sense: Teaching for Social Justice, Pearson Education, Australia.
Gamage, S (2007) Ethnic Conflict, State Reform and Nation Building in Sri Lanka, in Neelsen, J and Malik, D (ed), Crisis of State and Nation in South Asia, Manohar, New Delhi.
Gamage, S. (2002) Children of the Betel-Chewing Villagers: Social Distance and Identity Dilemmas of the Sinhala-Speaking People in Sri Lanka, in Chandraratna, D (ed) Essays on Social Development & Welfare in Sri Lanka, National Institute of Social Development, Colombo.
Gamage, S. (2002) Adaptation Experiences of Sri Lankan Immigrants ant their Children in Australia in the Context of Multiculturalism and Anglo-Conformity, in Richardson, A, Wyness, M Halvorsen, E.A. (eds) Exploring Cultural Perspectives: Integration and Globalization, ICRN Press, Edmonton.
Recent Conference Presentations
Gamage, S. (2008) Configuring Social Justice in Education: observations on the student learning process in preparing for assignments and challenges they encountered, 28th Annual International Seminar, International Society for Teacher Education, UNE, Armidale, April.
Gamage, S. (2008) The Sri Lankan Diaspora in Australia: Identity and Integration Issues, 17th Biennial Conference, Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne, July.
Gamge, S. (2007) Between School and Home: Sense of Self and Belonging and their Contestations among Australian-Sri Lankan Children in Metropolitan Australia, 35th Annual Conference of Australia and New Zealand Comparative and International education Society, University of Auckland, Auckland, November-December.
Recent International Seminar Presentations
Gamage, S. (2006) The Changing nature of Australian Multiculturalism and its Implications for Ethnic Minorities & Education, Centre for Culture, Identity & Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, October.
Gamage, S. (2006) Multiculturalism, Identity and Cultural/Ethnic Diversity in a Time of Uncertainty: Contemporary Australian Discourses on Cultural Difference and Inclusion in the Nation, Centre for Leadership and Theory, Department of Theory and Policy Studies, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, November.
Gamage, S. (2006) The Changing nature of Australian Multiculturalism in the Policy/Political Context: Implications for Multicultural Education, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada, October.
Gamage, S. (2006) Democracy, Ethnicity and Political Conflict in Plural Societies: Critical Reflections on the Continuing Conflict in Sri Lanka, Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany, November
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Recently Awarded
The Sinhalese Migrants to Sydney: A Case study of family migration to Australia, 1978-2000, PhD.
Currently Under Supervision –As Principal or Co Supervisor
Thesis topics of candidates include:
An Examination of Australian Refugee Policy in the Context of Murray Bridge Community’s Response to Afghan TPV holders, PhD
Secondary Education Reforms in Bangladesh, PhD
The Purpose of Education for Timor Leste: Critical discourse analysis on the purpose of pre-secondary education, Med (Hons)
Education and its Effect on Poverty and HIV/Aids within Sub-Saharan Africa, Med (Hons)
Job Satisfaction of Overseas-hire Teachers in International Baccalaureate Schools in Argentina, Med (Hons)
Female Migrant Workers from Sri lanka to Saudi Arabia: Conditions of work and rights(phD)
Previously supervised Projects
The Purpose of Education for Timor Leste: Critical discourse analysis on the purpose of pre-secondary education, Med (Hons)
The globalisation of desire: The many uses of global and national discourses by Korean Learners of English(m.of Education-Hons)
Sri Lankan Family Migration to Sydney(PhD)