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Marsh, Margaret – 1992
The objectives of this paper are: to describe art education in New South Wales, Australia; to explain the Student Centered Art Appreciation (SCAA) Model; and to examine how and why the model works in the classroom. Art education is explored from four perspectives or theoretical frameworks: (1) the New South Wales Visual Arts Syllabus; (2) the SCAA…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
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Le Heron, Richard; Baker, Richard; McEwen, Lindsey – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2006
What might geography in "the universities" look like if geographers seriously confronted the growing dichotomy between research and teaching? This challenge goes to the heart of "the university" as a site of learning. The authors argue that the globalizing character of higher education gives urgency to re-charting the…
Descriptors: Geography, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
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Scott, Denise C.; Weeks, Patricia A. – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
At Queensland University of Technology (Australia), a cross-disciplinary faculty development network involves 13 teaching and learning interest groups representing 25 disciplines across 3 campuses. Groups meet monthly, using peer facilitators, to identify individual and collective areas of interest, reflect critically on teaching processes and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies
Adult Learning Australia, Inc., Jamison. – 2001
This booklet is compiled from all the Adult Learning Australia (ALA) Commentaries produced in 2000. Emailed to ALA members each week, ALA Commentaries are written by people in the field of adult learning in the broadest sense, usually in Australia, sometimes overseas, and designed to stimulate discussion. ALA hosts an online discussion forum about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Community Education
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Aldred, Michael J.; Aldred, Susan E. – Journal of Dental Education, 1998
Discussion of issues in the implementation of a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at the University of Queensland (Australia) dental school looks at the role of the faculty member in PBL, good problem design, group learning processes, appropriate assessment approaches and techniques, the role of evaluation in improving instruction, student…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, College Faculty, Cooperative Learning
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Morris, Sid; Hudson, Wayne – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
It is suggested that Australian higher education must change as student exchange increases. Issues discussed include a broader array of delivery methods for instruction, cooperative learning, teaching of generic skills (critical thinking, weighing evidence), curriculum design, teaching location, student communication skills, computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Instruction