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The Strategic Positioning of Australian Research Universities in the East Asian Region
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Marginson, Simon – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
Regional tendencies in higher education are increasingly important, for example the common rise of North-East Asian universities in China, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan and South Korea, and Singapore in South-East Asia, to a major global role, following the prior trajectory of Japan. Though the rapidly modernizing Post-Confucian countries do not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Strategic Planning, Regional Planning
Of What Benefit and to Whom? Linking Australian Humanities Research with Its "End Users"
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Pitman, Tim; Berman, Judith E. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
There is increasing pressure for university researchers to secure "end-user" support for their research projects. Yet the ways in which this imperative affects humanities researchers, operating in a science-centric funding environment, have not yet been fully explored. This paper presents the findings of an empirical study into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Higher Education, Educational Policy
How I Survived as an Overseas Teacher of Japanese in Australia
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Nakahara, Masumi; Black, Paul – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
Languages education, or what has been called the study of languages other than English (LOTE), seems to involve a paradox in Australia. It is supposed to promote cultural enrichment and intercultural understanding, and yet the process of becoming a qualified language teacher tends to be intolerant of the cultural differences of overseas born and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Cultural Enrichment, English (Second Language)
State Education and Culture.
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Selleck, R. J. W. – Australian Journal of Education, 1982
The "back to basics" movement in Australian elementary and secondary schools is criticized because it would take the culturally impoverished nineteenth-century elementary school as a model. It is suggested that despite some structural limitations, the establishment of state secondary schools has led to some widening of cultural…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Multiculturalism and the National Policy on Languages.
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Lo Bianco, Joseph – Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1988
Addresses the impact of Australia's National Policy on Languages and on multicultural programs through the 1990s. Traces key themes and phases in Australian multiculturalism applied to education, highlighting the role of language issues in each phase. Concludes that, although multiculturalism is not synonymous with multilingualism, language issues…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Development
Learning Partnerships with Parents of Young Children: Studying the Impact of a Major Festival of Early Childhood in Australia
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Tayler, Collette; Mcardle, Felicity; Richer, Susan; Brennan, Collette; Weier, Katrina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
The "Out of the Box" Festival of Early Childhood is a unique public event in Australia designed to enrich the creative and cultural lives of children aged 3-8 years and their communities. The research linked to this festival is based on the premise that parents' participation in, and value of the arts, impacts engagements with, and value…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Cultural Enrichment
Valuing Arts Education in Isolated Queensland.
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Duncum, Paul; Cassidy, Howard – Education in Rural Australia, 1994
A survey of home-schooling parents and staff associated with the Longreach School of Distance Education in a remote area of Queensland (Australia) examined attitudes about the importance of drama and visual arts education. The majority of parents valued their children's participation in the arts and would like to see more arts education included…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Cultural Enrichment, Distance Education