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Book Chapters

Amazan R, 2021, 'International Academics in African Universities: The Ethiopian Scene', in International Faculty in Asia In Comparative Global Perspective, Springer Nature

Amazan R; Kebede Dawo K, 2020, 'Fixing the System? - Trends in African Higher Education Governance', in Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge University Press

Amazan R, 2019, 'The invisible presence - the politics of female enrolment numbers in public universities in Ethiopia', in Cochrane L (ed.), Ethiopia Social and Political Issues

Amazan R, 2019, 'The precarious position of female Ethiopian academics', in Higher Education in Africa and the United States: The Black Experience, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK USA, pp. 147 - 168

Amazan R, 2014, 'When the Diaspora Returns: analysis of Ethiopian returnees and the need for highly skilled labour in Ethiopia', in , Symposium Books, pp. 169 - 185, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14920

Amazan RC, 2011, 'Gender, diaspora and development: The Ethiopian highly-skilled diaspora's notion of home and belonging', in Education and Belonging, pp. 139 - 152

Journal articles

Amazan R; Wood J; Lowe K; Vass G, 2024, 'Pathways to progress?–collective conscientisation and progressive school reform in Aboriginal education', Critical Studies in Education, 65, pp. 312 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2023.2275771

Martin AJ; Bostwick KCP; Durksen TL; Amazan R; Lowe K; Weuffen S, 2024, 'Teachers’ motivation to teach Aboriginal perspectives in the curriculum: links with their Aboriginal students’ academic motivation', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00779-0

Coombs D; Langdon S; Jabir Z; Burgess C; Amazan R, 2024, 'The impact of Learning from Country on teachers’ understandings of place and community: insights from the Culturally Nourishing Schooling project', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00735-y

Weuffen S; Lowe K; Amazan R; Thompson K, 2024, 'The need for First Nations pedagogical narratives: epistemic inertia and complicity in (re)creating settler-colonial education', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56, pp. 58 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2023.2294723

Beetson J; Anderson P; Lin S; Williamson F; Amazan R; Boughton B; Morrell S; Taylor R; Schwartz M, 2022, 'Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2201

Nye A; Amazan R; Charteris J, 2017, 'Prudentia as becoming-shame: knowledge production in Southern Theory research Practice', Reflective Practice, 18, pp. 81 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2016.1251411

Takayama K; Amazan R; Jones T, 2017, 'Thinking with/through the contradictions of social justice in teacher education: Self-reflection on NETDS experience', Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42, pp. 84 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2017v42n4.7

Abimbola S; Amazan R; Vizintin P; Howie L; Cumming R; Negin J, 2016, 'Australian higher education scholarships as tools for international development and diplomacy in Africa', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 70, pp. 105 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2015.1119230

Amazan RC; Negin J; Howie L; Wood J, 2016, 'From extraction to knowledge reproduction: The impact of Australia's development awards on Uganda and Mozambique', International Education Journal, 15, pp. 45 - 65

Takayama K; Heimans S; Amazan R; Maniam V, 2016, 'Doing Southern Theory: Towards Alternative Knowledges and Knowledge Practices in/for Education', Postcolonial Directions in Education, 5, pp. 1 - 25, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19170

Takayama K; Heimans S; Amazan R; Maniam V, 2016, 'Postcolonial Directions in Education: Special Issue', Postcolonial Directions in Education, 5, pp. 1 - 168, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19171

Ginns P; Loughland A; Tierney RJ; Fryer L; Amazan R; McCormick A, 2015, 'Evaluation of the Learning to Teach for Social Justice–Beliefs Scale in an Australian context', Higher Education Research & Development, 34, pp. 311 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2014.956701

Amazan R, 2013, 'GIVING WOMEN VOICE: THE ETHIOPIAN FEMALE SKILLED DIASPORA'S POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT', SOCIOLOGIA Y TECNOCIENCIA, 3, pp. 77 - 95, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000215651500006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Amazan R, 2009, 'Gendering the Ethiopian Knowledge Diasporas: Addressing Gender Inequality and Inequity in Public Higher Education', Comparative and International Higher Education, 1, pp. 7 - 9, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14943

Amazan RC, 2008, 'Mobilising the ethiopian knowledge diasporas: Framing the issues', International Education Journal, 9, pp. 43 - 56

Reports

Amazan R, 2021, Adult literacy and its importance to the Aboriginal community of Campbelltown, NSW, file:///C:/Users/z3528175/Dropbox/My%20PC%20(W-AUD8400CJ3)/Downloads/Sub%2084%20-%20Tharawal%20Aboriginal%20Corporation%20-%2019%20Mar%202021_Redacted%20(1).pdf

Amazan R; Williamson F, 2019, Aboriginal Adult Literacy campaign. Yes, I Can! In Campbelltown, NSW

Amazan R, 2018, Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future. Submission from women in Boggabilla and Toomelah, NSW to the Australian Human Rights Commission., https://wiyiyaniuthangani.humanrights.gov.au/

Amazan R; Welch A; Soudien C; Gripper D; Sehoole C, 2016, Mapping Australia-Africa Partnerships in Higher Education Report

Amazan R; Negin J; Cumming R; Howie L; Abimbola S, 2014, Australia Awards for Africa: Outcomes of Tertiary Scholarships for African Students Report

Other

Thompson K; Amazan R; Ryan AM; Kelly T; Beller P; Murray C; Foster S; Aquilino A, 2023, Engaging a Local Cultural Educator A toolkit for schools, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/ada/education/resources/crp-toolkit/2024-02-Engaging-a-Cultural-Educator-A-toolkit-for-schools-ebook.pdf

Amazan R, 2016, Structural barriers limit impact of scholarships, https://devpolicy.org/structural-barriers-limit-impact-scholarships-20160512/


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