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Download full textJones, Peter – Multiple Choice, 1998
The adult community education (ACE) sector in the state of Victoria provides an example of best practice in regional rural policy in Australia that may serve as a model for other areas of government effort. In 1997, 309,000 Victorians enrolled in adult and community education courses, such as business and technical skills development, literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Education, Community Resources
Randell, Shirley – 1993
Liberal adult education in Victoria, Australia, takes its ideals, if not its form, from the pre-war university and Workers Education Association (WEA) partnerships: the university providing tutors and content, the WEA providing contact with unions and workers. Unique to Victoria is the level to which community-based adult education has been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Imison, K., Ed.; And Others – 1986
These proceedings of a national Australian conference deal with many aspects of educating gifted and talented students and contain an opening address by I. Mathieson concerning the philosophy of the Queensland (Australia) State Education Department and a statement by James Gallagher, President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Townsend, Tony – 1995
When the new government of the Australian state of Victoria was elected in 1992, it began the most radical change to an education system in the history of the country, introducing the Schools of the Future initiative. The underlying rationale, which has its roots in 20 years of experience in Victoria, is that quality outcomes of schooling can only…
Descriptors: Community Development, Decentralization, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Crew, Vernon – 1968
General works (bibliographies, year books, directories, encyclopedias, periodicals), historical and descriptive surveys and biographical notes, international, national, and state organizations and movements, adult education methods and subject fields, theoretical aspects, service to special clientele groups (women, youth, immigrants, aborigines,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Broadcast Industry, Community Development
Curtis, Dorothy Smith – 1989
Providing a cross-cultural perspective on governmental involvement in the provision of day care services, this study explores early childhood programs in five countries. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction, Chapter 2 describes state supported child care in Denmark. Chapter 3 describes playgroups in England. Chapter 4 concerns state and municipal…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1998
This document consists of the first two volumes of the 1997 annual report on Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system. Examined in volume 1 are the following topics: strategic directions for 1997; overview of the VET system's operation and the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) agreement; key initiatives in 1997 (the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Apprenticeships
