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Stephenson, Jennifer; O'Neill, Sue; Carter, Mark – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
With increasing expectations that preservice teachers will be prepared to teach students with special needs in regular classrooms, it is timely to review relevant units in teacher education courses. Units relevant to special education/inclusion in primary undergraduate teacher preparation courses in Australian tertiary institutions, delivered in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Educational Strategies, Evidence
Herbert, Jeannie – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2010
In this paper, I consider the importance of Indigenous studies programs, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as critical elements in enabling Indigenous Australian students to engage in the academe in ways that not only allow them to empower themselves, but, ultimately, to become effective change agents within both their own and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Indigenous Populations, Change Agents, Indigenous Knowledge
Dunn, Peter K.; Richardson, Alice; McDonald, Christine; Oprescu, Florin – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2012
Student engagement at first-year level is critical for student achievement, retention and success. One way of increasing student engagement is to use a classroom response system (CRS), the use of which has been associated with positive educational outcomes by fostering student engagement and by allowing immediate feedback to both students and…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Statistics
McNeil, H. Patrick; Scicluna, Helen A.; Boyle, Patrick; Grimm, Michael C.; Gibson, Kathryn A.; Jones, Philip D. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
The development of generic capabilities or graduate attributes in communication, teamwork, critical analysis of information, problem solving and ethical practice is widely recognised as a desired outcome of higher education. This emphasis on generic capabilities has emerged despite ongoing debates about the concept and development of such…
Descriptors: Evidence, Medical Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study
Biswas, Wahidul K. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how industrial ecology can facilitate the achievement of sustainable development through its incorporation into an engineering curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: A model has been developed for assessing sustainability learning outcomes due to the incorporation of the concept of industrial ecology…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Maturity (Individuals), Environmental Education, Ecology
Lyons, Zaza; Laugharne, Jonathan – Education Research and Perspectives, 2011
Multiculturalism is a familiar concept in many developed countries. While cultural competency training is part of most medical curricula, training in cultural psychiatry at the undergraduate level is typically minimal. It is important that medical graduates are both culturally competent and able to respond to the mental health needs of patients…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Intercultural Communication, Patients
Parker, Jonathan – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2010
Unlike other disciplines in the social sciences, there has been relatively little attention paid to the structure of the undergraduate political science curriculum. This article reports the results of a representative survey of 200 political science programs in the United States, examining requirements for quantitative methods, research methods,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Political Science, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Kirkup, Les; Pizzica, Jenny; Waite, Katrina; Srinivasan, Lakshmi – European Journal of Physics, 2010
Physics experiments for students not majoring in physics may have little meaning for those students and appear to them unconnected in any way to their majors. This affects student engagement and influences the extent to which they regard their experiences in the physics laboratory as positive. We apply a framework for the development and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Physics, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments
Wilmott, Deirdre; Knox, Ian – Education for Information, 2012
It has been suggested that traditional assessment practices in tertiary institutions tend not to equip students well for the processes of effective learning in a learning society [1]. This paper reviews alternative Internet based assessment practices used in Library, Business and Education courses at the University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Information Management
He, Yunke; Banham, Heather – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
As the focus on international education has changed from international aid to international trade, competition for internationally mobile students has increased. The motivational factors influencing the education destination decision for students from China is of particular significance to destination countries and their educational institutions.…
Descriptors: International Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Bennett, Kellie; Lyons, Zaza – Education Research and Perspectives, 2011
The importance of teaching communication skills in any undergraduate medical curriculum cannot be overstated. Effective doctor-patient communication is widely recognised as an essential aspect of quality patient care. A communication skills module developed for first year medical students at the University of Western Australia (UWA) is described…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Medical Education, Medical Students
Gough, Jenny K.; McCallum, Zoe; Bevan, Catherine; Vance, Alasdair – Academic Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The teaching of child psychiatry in Australian medical schools is under review: the content, the placement of the field within medical curricula, and the appropriate teaching and learning methods are all contested. The authors developed a 1-day program in the 9-week child and adolescent health course conducted in the final two semesters…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Medical Schools, Day Programs
Surjan, Yolanda; Chiarelli, Pauline; Dempsey, Shane; Lyall, David; O'Toole, Gjyn; Snodgrass, Suzanne; Tessier, John – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2010
This paper reports on the experiences gathered as a result of the foundation, implementation and on-going development of an interprofessional course for undergraduate health science students in The School of Health Sciences (SHS) at The University of Newcastle. The purpose of the course was to provide commencing students (n=600) with a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups
Doherty, Catherine Ann – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
This paper investigates the oracy (listening/speaking) genres enacted in an undergraduate entry point unit in the internationalised university and the kind of knowledges these genres elicit and perform. Focusing on a series of lectures in a business studies unit, it explores how anecdotal knowledge from both the lecturer's and the students' lived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Business Administration Education, English (Second Language)
Edmondston, Joanne; Dawson, Vaille; Schibeci, Renato – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
Public concerns about biotechnology have resulted in greater attention being paid to the mechanisms by which biotechnology is communicated with non-scientists, including the provision of science communication training. As undergraduate and postgraduate courses form the foundation of the biotechnology sector by providing a pipeline of university…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Communication Skills, Scientists