Recent research on learning in work situations has focused on concepts such as 'productive
learning' and 'pedagogy of vocational learning'. In investigating what makes learning productive
and what pedagogies enhance this, ...
This paper focuses on the use of multimedia-based predict-observe-explain (POE) tasks to facilitate
small group learning conversations. Although the tasks were given to pairs of students as a diagnostic
tool to elicit ...
The negative effects of student suspension from school on both the individual and the community
are well documented and relate to a wide range of matters, including school completion
rates, homelessness and crime. Two ...
This paper reports and analyses data from a longitudinal qualitative research study which is
investigating the changing teaching self-concept of university lecturers who combine online and
face-to-face teaching. The first ...
This article discusses issues of methodological warrant in a qualitative, longitudinal study with
only a small number of subjects. The 12 to 18 Project was designed to contribute to research on
gender, class and schooling. ...
Stephenson Jennifer(Australian Association of Special Education, 2001)
Multisensory environments or snoezelen are
appearing in Australian schools. This article
examines the history of these environments and
discusses the appropriateness of their use for
educational purposes in schools. ...
This paper presents an analysis of a qualitative descriptive study exploring the effect of a
structured educational program for beginning undergraduate nursing students undertaking
clinical placements in Australian nursing ...
This paper reports the use of a research-based, web-delivered, technology-and-science education context (the
Generative Virtual Classroom) in which student-teachers can develop their ability to recognize, describe,
analyse ...
Pelletier, D. S; Donoghue, J. M; Duffield, C. M; Adams, A.(The Institute of Quantity Surveyors and the Australian Institute of Building, 2001)
The higher education sector in the 1990s actively encouraged applicants who did not have undergraduate
qualifications to enter graduate courses on the basis of prior learning activities including
work experience. The ...
Norman Heidi; Buckley William(Monash University, Arts Faculty, 2002)
This paper will reflect upon the role as defined by the Council for
Aboriginal Reconciliation of the Reconciliation Movement and the Howard
Government's understanding and invoking of reconciliation as social
policy. ...
Portfolios have evolved in Australia from the authentic assessment
movement with its emphasis on performance based and situated assessment,
and the mandate of outcomes based education, a legacy of the
national curriculum. ...
Boud David; Mcdonald Betty(Elsevier Science, 2002)
Can the quality of students’ work be improved through training in selfassessment
practices? This paper considers the impact of training high school students on
their performance in external examinations. Teachers were ...
This article reports on a 15 month study of attempted innovation in school science. The teachers in an Australian secondary school were attempting to introduce a constructivist approach to their teaching of science. The ...
Pithers Robert; Soden Rebecca(National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2002)
There is much published research about teachers' organisational stress but relatively
little about the effect of the coping resources brought to bear to counter or reduce the
effects of occupational stress. This study ...
There is a growing focus on achieving competitive advantage
through the dynamic reconfiguration of the value chain. It is advocated that as a
result of conceptual and technology convergence, BPM is now ready to be ...
Coupland Mary; Langtry Timothy; Moore Beverley(The Canadian Journal of Nurising Leadership, 2002)
Aspects of the problem of teaching introductory undergraduate mathematics
are considered in the context of both an increased participation rate in
higher education as well as increasingly sophisticated computational ...
In 2000, the New South Wales Board of Studies introduced new syllabi for
Junior Science (years 7-10) and Senior Science subjects (years 11 and 12),
i.e. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth and Environmental ...