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Maylor, Uvanney – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
Growing concerns about the experience and achievement of Black pupils (especially Black males) underpin calls for more Black people to serve as teacher and lay mentor role models in schools. Calls for increased numbers of Black teacher role models assume firstly, that Black teachers regard themselves as role models and want to perform such a role…
Descriptors: Blacks, Role Models, Teacher Role, Males
Adult Learning through Fire and Emergency Service Organisations in Small and Remote Australian Towns
Hayes, Christine; Golding, Barry; Harvey, Jack – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Communication and other literacy skills are vital to public safety organizations. This report investigates the impact literacy levels may have on the ability of volunteers to meet demands for more formal training and assessment. The role of these organizations to develop the skills of people in rural and remote communities is also considered. The…
Descriptors: Safety, Literacy, Adult Learning, Community Development
Cully, Mark – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
This study focuses on the general question of the value of vocational qualifications to employers by considering three areas in which the economic value of vocational qualifications to employers is evident: in prerequisites specified in job hiring, in employment levels of people with different qualifications, and in the wage levels of people with…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Vocational Education, Wages, Education Work Relationship
de Zilwa, Deanna – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2005
This study provides a profile of the actions taken by Australian universities to diversify their revenue streams in order to generate more independent non-government) income. Marginson's taxonomy of Australian universities is used to catergorise universities and contrast levels of independent income (Marginson and Considine 2000). This study finds…
Descriptors: Income, Educational Finance, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Sixl-Daniell, Karin; Williams, Jeremy B.; Wong, Amy – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2006
The paper commences with a brief summary of the literature on the quality assurance process in e-Learning in higher education. This is followed by an overview of the U21Global quality assurance framework. Within this framework there is particular emphasis on the process governing the appointment (and re-appointment) of adjunct faculty; a process…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Faculty Recruitment, Adjunct Faculty, Electronic Learning

Thornton, Des – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1982
Explains the structure of Australian Departments of Further Education and describes the recruitment, employment, and training of lecturers in the technical and further education colleges. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Postsecondary Education, State Departments of Education, Teacher Education
Misko, Josie; Nguyen, Nhi; Saunders, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This study identifies the factors which explain why individuals enter or do not enter traditional trade apprenticeships. Two sources of information are used--students in secondary schools and current apprentices (including those who have recently completed their training). Specifically, information was obtained from about 800 apprentices and close…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Apprenticeships, Young Adults, Foreign Countries
Ziguras, Christopher; Law, Siew-Fang – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2006
The recruitment of international students as skilled migrants is increasing in many countries, and most notably in Australia, where the Commonwealth government's immigration and international education policies are now closely aligned. There are three factors that make international students attractive migrants. First, they increase the recruiting…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Economic Development, International Education, College Graduates
O'Brien, Peter – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1987
A discussion of strategies marketing in higher education focuses on the social marketing approach, outlining a conceptual framework, and looking at specific concerns and costs. The issue of entrepreneurialism's effect on higher education institutions is considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Costs, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries

Swetnam, Leslie A. – Clearing House, 2003
Discusses how a comparison of the philosophical orientations, content and methods, and teacher preparation in multicultural education revealed some similarities in the two systems as well as some very instructive differences. Suggests that every teacher education program should include field experiences with diverse students so that prospective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Dyson, Laurel Evelyn; Robertson, Toni – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2006
In 2002 the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney began a major initiative to improve the participation of Indigenous Australians in the Information Technology (IT) sector. This followed an initial study which showed that very few Indigenous students undertook studies in IT at university and therefore few found…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Indigenous Populations, Information Technology, Scholarships
Parker, L. R. – 1968
Conducted at the request of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education, this study inquired into the attitudes of university graduates and technical college diploma holders toward the training they had received; the relevance of training to the work expected of them; and how employers felt about the graduates whom they employed. The…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Industrial Training
New South Wales (Australia). – 1970
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an inquiry into establishment of an Education Commission in New South Wales. The panel found that it would not be possible to devise an Education Commission acceptable to all parties supporting such a group; no one suggestion seemed an improvement on the present system.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Organizational Change

Crowley, D. W. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1971
The author describes the structure of adult education programs in Australia and their efforts to, and methods of, recruiting teachers. He outlines the qualities and qualifications sought in adult education teachers. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Extension Education
Monteil, Alain – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
An Australian campaign to promote French second-language instruction uses the motto, "Big Bucks with a Little French." The campaign accompanies publication of the book "French in Australia: New Prospects," which seeks to reinforce and diversify the image of French and its use around the world, for business and pleasure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, International Trade, Language Role