Research indicates that the dropout rate for fi rst-year students in universities is traditionally higher than for later years,1 with external or distance students posing the highest risk of withdrawal from studies of any ...

Recent research has drawn attention to the fact that very young children, who may not yet be able to read and write in conventional terms, are engaging with electronic media and digital technologies in the years prior to ...

In Japanese "female language" and "male language" are "language resources" (Nakamura 2007), which people use or avoid using to construct one's gender identities. This study examined a business Japanese textbook from gender ...

Union membership and work stoppages due to strikes—two indicators of union power and influence—have been in decline in the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) and the United States in recent decades. Meanwhile, attitudes ...

As Indigenous researchers move forward with the shaping of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research agendas and directions in Australia, they are confronted with many issues basic to the beginning of any discipline: ...

This paper outlines research that assessed the effectiveness of a curriculum package combined with a professional development program in promoting constructivist science teaching. Six high school science teachers from three ...

Competency-based training remains a major plank in government policy for VET reform. This is despite mounting evidence that competency-based training may not be leading to the desired increase in knowledge and performance. ...

The study investigated the efficacy of prospective teachers authoring and using their own online learning designs as a means of creating links between theory classes and their teaching practicum. Trainee primary and ...