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Service Provision to Students: Where the Gown Best Fits
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Schulz, Lucy; Szekeres, Judy – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
One of the challenges facing those responsible for service provision in universities is ensuring that service is provided at the right point in the organisation. Service delivery points can exist at the school/department level, faculty/division level or central unit/university wide level. This does not always follow organisational logic, common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Delivery Systems, Student Personnel Services, Guidance Centers
Research and Development Centres for Science Education in the South East Asian and Australasian Region.
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Dekkers, John; Treagust, David F. – Science Education, 1983
Provides the status (as of February 1982) of institutions active in curriculum development and/or science education research in Australia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Paupau New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Solomon Islands, and Thailand. Includes institutional title/address and name of contact person. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Information Delivery: Identifying Priorities, Performance, and Value.
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Broadbent, Marianne; Lofgren, Hans – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Discussion of the value of library-based information services focuses on two evaluation techniques that help identify benefits of information services to organization managers: priority and performance evaluation and cost-benefit analysis applied to current awareness services. Examples from Australian information centers are included. (Contains 43…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
The Repositioning of Language Centres: An Appreciation of David Ingram's "Language Centres--Their Roles, Functions and Management"
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Sussex, Roland – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
David Ingram's "Language Centres" (2001) offers a descriptive and analytical study of meta-centres, their constitution, operation and engagement with their constituencies. This article is a combination of a review and an appreciation of Ingram's study, and--benefiting from the latitude offered by the genre of the review article--a set of…
Descriptors: Role, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Continuing Professional Development of Special Library and Information Center Managers.
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Broadbent, Marianne; Grosser, Kerry – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1987
Describes a study that examined continuing professional development activities, needs, and aspirations of Australian special librarians and information center managers. The extent and nature of organizational support, educational activities and professional involvement of those interviewed, and participants' perceptions of present and future needs…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Controlling the Ecotourist in a Wild Dolphin Feeding Program: Is Education the Answer?
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Orams, Mark B.; Hill, Greg J. E. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1998
The effectiveness of an education program for tourists who hand-feed wild dolphins at Tangalooma, Moreton Island in eastern Australia was evaluated. Data were gathered on tourist behavior during feeding sessions before and after the education policy was implemented. After implementation of the education program, inappropriate behaviors such as…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Ecology, Environmental Education