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Black, Stephen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
This paper describes pedagogy in a series of "diabetes literacy" programs involving culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The programs were jointly delivered in local community sites, including neighbourhood centres and public housing halls, by qualified nutritionists from a public health service and adult literacy…
Descriptors: Health Services, Literacy Education, Health Personnel, Diabetes
Meadows, Denis; Davies, Michael; Beamish, Wendi – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2014
Poor post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities have consistently been reported internationally. Interagency collaboration between school systems and post-school services is critical and key to improving post-school life for these youth. An initial Queensland study that benchmarked the teacher practice of 104 transition teachers and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
Day, Andrew; Ward, Tony; Shirley, Lyn – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2011
Successfully reintegrating long-term prisoners back into the community often presents significant challenges for service providers. Ex-prisoners typically experience high levels of social stigma; present with multiple needs; and can struggle to find meaningful employment, stable accommodation, and to maintain supportive relationships. There have,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Criminals, Violence, Crime
Walsh, Kerryann; Laskey, Louise; McInnes, Elspeth; Farrell, Ann; Mathews, Ben; Briggs, Freda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
A recent report delivered by the Australian Centerer for Child Protection has highlighted the need for empirical evidence of effective pedagogies for supporting teaching and learning of child protection content in Australian teacher education programs (Arnold & Mai-Taddeo, 2007). This paper advances this call by presenting case study accounts…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Child Abuse, Child Safety, Child Welfare
Beamish, Wendi; Meadows, Denis; Davies, Michael – Journal of Special Education, 2012
Extensive work has been done in North America to examine practices recommended to facilitate postschool transitions for youth with disabilities. Few studies in Australia, however, have investigated these practices. This study drew on the Taxonomy for Transition Programming developed by Kohler to benchmark practice at government and nongovernment…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Public Schools
Harris-Hart, Catherine – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2010
Whilst the past 35 years have seen numerous attempts at national curriculum collaboration in Australia, these have invariably failed largely due to the constitutional reality that the States have responsibility for curriculum. Federal government involvement in curriculum can only be achieved, therefore, with the consent of the States. To achieve…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Federal Government
Leske, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
Partnerships between literacy teachers and community service workers have the potential to engage people with low literacy levels in learning. Through interviews and surveys with these two groups, this paper explores their views on literacy, how it impacts on their work, and their ideas about partnerships with each other. Overall, partnerships are…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Teachers, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs
Cooney, Richard; Long, Michael – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
Industry policy emphasises the importance of competition between firms as the basis of efficient markets and as a stimulus for improved firm efficiency. Yet research has shown that much can be gained from cooperation among firms in a range of activities, especially those involving the transfer of knowledge, such as training. These cooperative…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Programs
Hutchins, Teresa; Frances, Katie; Saggers, Sherry – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
The Australian Government has recently committed to the development of an integrated system of assuring national quality standards for Australian childcare and preschool services (Australian Government, 2008). This article addresses two fundamental issues relating to the development of an integrated system as it applies to Indigenous children's…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Quality Control, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
Knight, Bruce Allen; Knight, Cecily; Teghe, Daniel – Youth Studies Australia, 2007
This report on a three-year study of the Social Well-Being in Mackay Schools (SWIMS) project includes a survey of the literature, a discussion of aspects of the program's implementation and examples of new and innovative means of successful interagency collaboration in educational and child protection contexts. These examples also highlight the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Child Abuse, Agency Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Brumby, Susan; Eversole, Robyn; Scholfield, Kaye; Watt, Leanne – Youth Studies Australia, 2007
The 10MMM multimedia project began in late 2002 in a rural region of western Victoria and has now entered its second stage. It is an inter-agency initiative intended to decrease the social isolation of rural young people and stimulate the expression of youth "voice" and leadership using multimedia tools. As the process of working with…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Adolescents, Multimedia Materials, Agency Cooperation
Cassity, Elizabeth A. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2008
A first glance at almost any policy document generated by a bilateral or multilateral donor agency reveals a familiar rhetoric of participation, partnership, community, good governance, growth and strong democracy as key ingredients for a successful development program. While some critics of this rhetoric argue that this is merely a recasting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy
Billett, Stephen; Ovens, Carolyn; Clemans, Allie; Seddon, Terri – Journal of Education Policy, 2007
Despite a lack of applied research, social partnerships are increasingly being adopted by both government and non-government agencies to meet localized needs in education and other fields. This article discusses the findings of an investigation of how social partnerships can best be formed, developed and sustained over time. Earlier work…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Public Agencies, Vocational Education, Cooperative Planning
Nichols, Sue; Jurvansuu, Sari – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
There is currently movement internationally towards the integration of services for young children and their families, incorporating childcare, education, health and family support. Shifting service provision towards partnership between services, and between these services and families, has been the subject of policy formation at various levels.…
Descriptors: Human Services, Policy Formation, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Fennessy, Kathleen M.; Billett, Stephen; Ovens, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2006
This paper explores participation in social partnerships as a space for learning. It analyses interview data about participation in social partnership from partnerships involved in vocational education and training (VET) to argue that social partnerships constitute a form of learning space. Partnership participants engage in new learning through…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Change, Interviews, Learning Processes