This paper explores the perceptions of ten Australian pre-service teachers from the University of Technology Sydney who completed a teaching practicum in the People's Republic of China. It investigates their cultural ...

As interactive whiteboards appear in increasing numbers in primary classrooms, questions will continue to be asked about the effectiveness of these devices in supporting teaching and learning. It is not the board itself, ...

Pro bono work is more commonly associated with the legal profession than with the engineering profession. It is work that is undertaken at significantly reduced cost to a client. While many engineering professionals do ...

The paper examines the validity of collaborative learning and facilitation approaches in vocational training. For technical training in particular, the use of teaching methods that value learning process outcomes over ...

One of the most often-repeated aspirations of the contemporary university, to ‘teach students to think critically’, has been recited to the point of ubiquity in course and subject outlines, in schools of architecture as ...

The paper describes a professional development project which has the aim of promoting and supporting pedagogically sound use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a faculty of education in a university. ...

The national reform agenda of the Council of Australian Governments challenges community education agencies to contribute to its goals and raises questions about their capacity to do so. It is crucial to define the conditions ...

Mentoring has become a popular form of staff development for women at Australian and New Zealand universities, with a number now running some form of initiative. Improved access to mentoring, it is argued, enhances the ...

Professional doctorates designed to meet the needs of particular groups (education, nursing, business, law, etc.) have been established, and the PhD now encompasses a wide range of academic pursuits. However, the combination ...