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Peer reviewedRobertson, Kerry – Practically Primary, 1999
Describes a Costume Project wherein Australian Grade Six students and Prep students collaborated to produce costumes from paper, which were later paraded by the Preps at the school Opening Evening. (NH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Group Activities, Intermediate Grades
Download full textBornholt, L. J. – 1999
It is apparent from current research and professional experience that body image has a strong social basis, but the form of such comparisons is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine likely forms of the social basis of adolescent body image. This study compares two approaches to the social basis of body image to ask to what extent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPitt, Jane – Practically Primary, 1999
Outlines six activities for upper primary and/or lower secondary classes in an Australian school which focus on social responsibility as it relates to social justice. (NH)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Cultural Awareness, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBallantyne, Roy; Fien, John; Packer, Jan – Journal of Environmental Education, 2001
Explores the effectiveness of environmental education programs in terms of both student learning outcomes and the intergenerational influence that results when students discuss their learning experiences with their parents and other community members. Interviews n=284 students in Queensland schools from Grades 5-12 and their parents regarding…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Family Communication, Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs
Leckie, Barbara – 1998
This paper discusses the outcomes of a study on indirect bullying behaviors in girls and the link between girls' peer relationships and bullying behaviors. The study used self-report and peer nomination instruments to survey 987 Australian girls in individual classes from Year 6 to Year 10 in 7 South Australian Catholic and independent schools, 5…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alienation, Behavior Problems, Bullying
Young, Deidra J.; Fraser, Barry J. – 1993
The purpose of this study is to investigate science achievement of Australian students and how this achievement can vary from school to school. The proposition that gender and socioeconomic inequities in Australia are the result of school systems designed to reproduce an unequal social order is be examined with reference both to current…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries
Cumming, Jim – 1997
Community-based learning (CBL) is a structured approach to learning and teaching that connects meaningful community experience with intellectual development, personal growth, and active citizenship. Enthusiasm for CBL is emerging in Australia and elsewhere because it is seen as the following: strategy for whole-school reform, especially in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Organizations, Computer Uses in Education
Fien, John, Ed. – 1989
Forty classroom activities selected from New Internationalist Calendars published between 1984-1989 were collected. Each activity is presented in the form of a short story about a real-life person and a graphic spread of data consisting of maps, tables, photographs, diagrams, text, and student exercises. These activities have been written to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Conservation (Environment), Cultural Awareness, Developing Nations
