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  • Language background and assessment in the physical sciences 
    Logan Peter; Hazel Elizabeth (Routledge, 1999)
    A project was initiated at the University of Technology, Sydney to look at the role of language and gender in assessment of first-year university students in Physics. Research on student learning has shown that assessment, ...
  • La respuesta perdurable: El humor satarico en ""Por mi madre, bohemios"" de Carlos Monsivais 
    Browitt Jeffrey (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, 2007)
    Este articulo analiza la forma y la funcion del humor satirieo en "Por mi madre, bohernios", la columna periodistiea de Carlos Monsivais en el diana mexicano, La Jornada. Hace resaltar las maniobras ingeniosas y sumamente ...
  • Laterlife: A time to learn 
    Russell Helen (Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2008)
    In this article, an emerging framework for investigating and interpreting the experiences of learning in later life is presented. This framework is contextualized by a study in which the lived experiences of later-life ...
  • Later life ICT learners ageing well 
    Russell Helen (Linkoping University Electronic Press (LiU E-Press), 2011)
    This paper is based on a qualitative study of later life computer learners and their learning experiences in Sydney, Australia. Participants were aged between 63 and 86 years and undertaking lessons from peer tutors in ...
  • Leading change in the South African District Health Service 
    Dovey Kenneth; Strydom Amy; Penderis Barbara; Kemp Peter (Emerald Group Publishing, 2005)
  • Leading collective capacity in culturally diverse schools 
    Walker Allan; Riordan Geoffrey (Routledge, 2010)
    We discuss the ways leaders may nurture collective relationships within culturally diverse staff bodies. We organise our discussion around five key, interrelated issues. These are how leaders position themselves within the ...
  • Learning and adapting for organisational change: researching union education in Australia 
    Brown Anthony; Yasukawa Keiko (Routledge, 2010)
    The last quarter century saw a restructuring of employment, production and trade and a dramatic decline in union membership and density levels. There are many explanations for this, including the hostile industrial relations ...
  • Learning at University: The international student experience 
    Hellsten Meeri; Prescott Anne (Shannon Research Press, 2004)
    This paper reports on research that explores internationalisation of the University¿s curriculum offerings and how this affects international students. The central focus of this paper is to highlight some of the student ...
  • A Learning Design For Student-Generated Digital Storytelling 
    Kearney Matthew (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011)
    The literature on digital video in education emphasises the use of pre-fabricated, instructional-style video assets. Learning designs for supporting the use of these expert-generated video products have been developed. ...
  • Learning for being: an ontological and existential approach 
    Russell Helen (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2007)
    This paper will investigate the ontological and existential learning experience of a group of laterlife computer learners in Sydney, Australia. The research, undertaken as a PhD project, focused on the interpretation and ...
  • Learning preference as a predictor of academic performance in first year accelerated graduate entry nursing students: A prospective follow-up study 
    Koch Jane; Salamonson Yenna; Rolley John; Davidson Patricia (Churchill Livingstone, 2011)
    The growth of accelerated graduate entry nursing programs has challenged traditional approaches to teaching and learning. To date, limited research has been undertaken in the role of learning preferences, language proficiency ...
  • Learning-to-learn strategies as a basis for effective lifelong learning 
    Cornford, I. R (Taylor and Francis, 2003)
    Learning-to-learn skins are essential for effectivelifelong learning to develop over the entire lifespan. These skills,which consist of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies, largely have been neglected in ...
  • Lessons from home: scaffolding vocal improvisation and song acquisition with a 2 year old 
    DeVries, P. A. (Springer, 2003)
    One of the central concepts in Vygotsky's theory of child developmentis the Zone of Proximal Development.This article identifies how Jack moves through the Zone of Proximal Development in two areas of his musical ...
  • Lessons from the past for contemporary Australian nursing students: The Nazi euthanasia program 
    Ben-Sefer Ellen (Elsevier, 2004)
    The euthanasia program instituted in Nazi Germany resulted in the murder of 70,000 developmentally disabled adults and children. These murders were sanctioned by physicians but often carried out by nurses. This paper ...
  • Linguistic diversity as sociodemographic predictor of nursing program progression and completion 
    Salamonson Yenna; Andrew Sharon; Clauson Jennifer; Cleary Michelle; Jackson Debra; Jacobs Sharon (EContent Management Pty Ltd, 2011)
    Attrition from undergraduate nursing programs continues to warrant investigation particularly in the climate of nursing shortages and fiscal reflection on academic institutional programs. This three-year study used a ...
  • A MacIntyrian perspective on organisational learning 
    Halliday John; Johnsson Mary (SAGE Publications, 2009)
    This article examines the meaning of organizational learning (OL) from a MacIntyrian perspective. Key MacIntyrian terms such as practice, institution and relational dependence are explained and related to OL. It is argued ...
  • Making all the flashy stuff work: the role of the principal in ICT integration 
    Hayes Debra (Routledge, 2006)
    The pervasiveness of new technologies and their rapid spread around the globe belie the fact that educational leaders still struggle with how to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools. This ...
  • Making connections to re-engage young people in learning: dimensions of practice 
    Chodkiewicz Andrew; Widin Jacquie; Yasukawa Keiko (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UTS, 2010)
    The education of young people who have previously been excluded from formal education is a field often associated with a high risk of failure ¿ failure for the learners, teachers and the program. In researching the teaching ...
  • Making sense of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches 
    Sainsbury Erica; Pressick-Kilborn Kimberley; Walker Richard (Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
    Educational psychology has a tradition of considering learning and motivation in terms of the individual and individual functioning. Short-term intervention studies have been common and quantitative measurement of the ...
  • Mathematica in context 
    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 ...