The most significant change in the Australian landscape of secondary schooling in the past three decades has been in the number (and therefore the diversity) of students continuing at school beyond the compulsory age. In ...

Solutions to the enduring problem of teacher retention increasingly focus on the need for quality induction programs for beginning teachers. One response of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training is ...

Group-based tasks or assignments, if well designed, can yield benefits for student employability and other important attribute developments. However there is a fundamental problem when all members of the group receive the ...

Australian unions have adopted new organizing methods to rebuild and develop their organizations. This represents a change in direction from the commitment to partnership and tripartite planning that characterized the ...

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 ...

This paper presents the parameter computation and performance prediction of a flux concentration claw pole/transverse flux motor with soft magnetic composite (SMC) core by using magnetic field finite element analysis and ...

Many people today struggle with problematic ICT interfaces in their attempts to adapt to the ever-changing digital information environment. To effectively address these issues with strong, highly usable, and effective ...

This paper describes a study of how academic development units use on-line technologies for academic staff development. Changes in technology and in the academic workplace are making it increasingly possible to use on-line ...