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Selby Smith, C. – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This Working Paper contains three sections: the background to existing User Choice resourcing principles and their interrelationships as of March 2004; analysis of the existing arrangements, including their consistency with each other and with the User Choice principles agreed by Ministers; and concluding comments. The author found a considerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Resource Allocation, Educational Resources
Brennan, Roslin – 2003
The assumptions and practices underpinning the pedagogy of online delivery of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia were examined. Data were collected through a literature review, workshops at three participating technical and further education institutes, and a survey that elicited response from 200 teachers and 110 students.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
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Gordon, Sue – Higher Education Research and Development, 1995
A study explored orientations to the study of statistics of 52 second-year psychology students (for whom statistics was required) and 59 arts students (for whom it was elective) at the University of Sydney (Australia). Students reported their reasons for studying statistics, course expectations, and usual approaches to studying mathematics.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Mathematics, College Students, Course Content
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Stanley, Gordon; Reynolds, Pat – Higher Education, 1994
A survey of 2,000 Western Australia high school seniors indicates that, although most are unlikely to qualify for university, most would prefer it to vocational training. Institutional preferences are linked to their own perceived level of academic achievement and overall image of the institution. Implications for university marketing are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Students
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Everett, James E.; Entrekin, Leland V. – Higher Education, 1994
Data from three faculty surveys (1979, 1984, 1990) of eight Australian colleges and universities were used to analyze changes in work-related attitudes. Patterns and trends are examined over time and in relation to institution type, gender, academic rank, and discipline. Policy implications are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Attitude Change, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Lamb, Stephen – Australian Journal of Education, 1998
After a period of dramatic growth in secondary school completion in Australia, school retention rates are declining. Analysis of state, system, geographic, social, and gender patterns suggests that during the 1990s the downturn in completion rate has been uneven; some groups who had come to rely on schooling during the 1980s for future economic…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Education Work Relationship
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Christian, Donna; Pufahl, Ingrid U.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Numerous reports and articles have decried the mediocrity of U.S. students' foreign language skills and have called for improved language education. One study that looked at foreign language education in 19 countries suggests several characteristics of successful foreign language programs: starting early, providing an articulated framework,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Heritage Education, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Nanlohy, Phil, Ed. – Australian Educational Computing, 1993
The 43 papers in this collection were presented at the Australian Council for Computers in Education 1993 annual conference. The papers focus on research and scholarship in the use of computers at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. The papers address the following aspects of the use of computers in education: (1) theoretical…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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Penman, Joy; Oliver, Mary – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2004
Clinical learning is foundational to the University of South Australia's Bachelor of Nursing program and students are expected to undertake a variety of clinical experiences during the three-year program. The Discipline of Nursing and Rural Health, in collaboration with academics, clinicians and managers, developed an instrument to evaluate…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods
Athanasou, James A. – 2000
The occupational pathways of a representative national sample of Australian school leavers were examined over a 7-year period after leaving school. The study was based on the initial vocational interests of male (n=1436) and female (n=1273) high school pupils and formed part of the longitudinal 1970 Youth in Transition study, a national…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Career Change
Misko, Josie – 2001
A study was conducted to determine whether Vocational Education and Training in Schools programs, and in particular, structured workplace learning (SWL) programs in Australia were successful in leading students to employment or further education. A total of 8,249 school leavers who left school in 1999 (15 percent of total school leavers) and had…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations, Dropouts
Harris, Roger; Simons, Michele; Bone, John – 2000
A study explored the role of the workplace trainer in the building of training/learning cultures in workplaces in Australia. Following a literature review, stage 1 data collection involved observations and interviews in 18 enterprises in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia where trainers were facilitating learning with one or two…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Tait, Joslyn – 1999
A study examines current approaches to assessing the academic writing needs of non-native speakers of English (NNSs), first by reviewing recent research into student writing needs and then by a survey of students, tutors, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers. Critical examination of recent studies finds problems in both their approach…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Economics Education, Educational Needs
Telfer, R. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
An investigation was conducted among New South Wales secondary school administrators to determine their agreement on decision-making responsibility for: educational administration, curriculum, teacher-student, and school-community relations. (Note: Page f. . .=fiche number.) (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Curriculum, Decision Making
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Shank, Matthew D.; And Others – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 686 United States and 338 Australian business students compared student expectations of service provision on campus. Results indicated that Australian students had higher expectations on three dimensions of service quality: professors' willingness to help students develop academic skills; professor sympathy and reassurance; and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
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