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McInnis, Craig – Higher Education Management, 1996
Surveys of Australian college faculty, conducted in 1977 and 1993, provide data for tracing trends in workload. While time devoted to teaching and research have remained stable, changes at the margins of academic workload are considerable. These tasks are largely generated by demands of institutional competition, accountability, and quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty
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Swinson, Kevan – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1992
Analyzed survey responses of 226 mathematics teachers from 57 Australian high schools concerning the use of writing in mathematics classrooms. Findings suggested that writing is rarely used as a strategy for teaching mathematics and when it is used, its effectiveness is limited. Includes the Writing in Mathematics questionnaire. (44 references)…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Clarke, John A. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1995
A survey of 1,249 Queensland University of Technology (Australia) students concerning their learning environment found that they feel effective teaching is relevant, experiential, and interactive, while ineffective teaching lacks structure, is inappropriately paced, lacks variety, and occurs in a classroom with inadequate discipline. Implications…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Environment, College Instruction
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Griffin, Patrick; Woods, Kerry; Dulhunty, Mark – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
This paper examines Australian students' knowledge of Asia, and reports on a national survey of Year 5 and 8 students. Knowledge was measured by using a combined set of subtests tailored to each state and territory curriculum and reported in terms of a standards referenced framework. The survey collected data from more than 7000 students in over…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Policy, National Surveys, Knowledge Level
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Jorm, Anthony F.; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Christensen, Helen; Rodgers, Bryan – Intelligence, 2004
Gender differences were examined in performance on the California Verbal Learning Test (immediate and delayed recall), Digit Span Backwards, Symbol-Digit Modalities Test, Spot-the-Word, and simple and choice reaction time. The data came from a community survey involving 2404 people aged 20-24 years, 2530 aged 40-44 years, and 2551 aged 60-64…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Cognitive Ability, Reaction Time, Individual Characteristics
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Ballantyne, Christina – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2003
As the World Wide Web becomes an integral part of higher education, universities must determine the viability of using the Internet for their student evaluation systems. This chapter highlights important online-student-rating issues raised in this volume and in other research through a case study of Murdoch University's (Perth, Australia) online…
Descriptors: Internet, Student Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Higher Education
Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
de Lemos, Marion M. – 1979
An estimated 80%-90% of all Aboriginal students enrolled in the primary and secondary schools of Victoria, Australia, were tested and surveyed to determine their numbers, distribution, attendance, achievement, attitudes, and school leaving patterns. Most of the 1244 Aboriginals surveyed attended state schools and 75% were schooled in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Demography, Dropout Rate
Trent, Faith – 2001
Focus groups examined issues of school retention and achievement among male high school students in South Australia. The study was undertaken in light of declining high school graduation rates among boys, particularly in rural areas. Focus groups were conducted with 1,800 boys in years 9, 11, and 12; 60 school representatives were interviewed; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Graduation Rate
Bunker, Alison; Vardi, Iris – 2001
This study illustrates the convergence of two teaching and learning media, face-to-face and online, as reflective lecturers seek to address the limitations of a single medium. Innovative university lecturers at a large Western Australia university were interviewed about their use of online environments with face-to-face students. The interview…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction
Maglen, Leo; Hopkins, Sonnie; Burke, Gerald – 2001
An exploratory study was conducted to evaluate the utility of a method to demonstrate that Australian enterprises that invest in the training of their employees gain a return from that investment through an increase in employee productivity. The method, which compares enterprise expenditure on training of personnel with labor productivity across a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Labon, Don – 1999
This report details a study of how inclusive practices for students with disabilities are being developed and implemented in eight countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The study aimed to describe national, regional, and local policies on inclusion and school-based practices and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
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Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Higher Education, 1992
A survey of 1,720 students in 71 university science laboratory classes in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Israel, and Nigeria investigated student and teacher perceptions of dimensions of classroom environment (student cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity, material environment). Results and the utility of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Faculty, College Science, College Students
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Hort, Linda; Oxley, Harry – Australian Universities' Review, 1992
Surveys of 100 Australian college and university faculty in 1987 and again in 1992, after implementation of new higher education policies, found decreased levels of faculty satisfaction with their work (substance and conditions), their students, and their administrations. Unsatisfactory levels of stress and tension at work were also found. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Stacey, Kaye; MacGregor, Mollie – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1991
Recent immigrants to Australia from non-English-speaking countries have experienced difficulties in mathematics methods courses. Reports survey results on how these students perceive their problems and how they think courses could be adapted to meet their needs. (MDH)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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