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Egege, Sandra; Kutieleh, Salah – Australian Journal of Education, 2015
Peer mentoring is often considered the single most effective strategy for increasing student retention and student satisfaction. As a consequence, mentoring programs have been implemented at most universities and are an essential feature of best practice transition programs. Yet, the literature is inconsistent regarding what the term entails and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, Transitional Programs, School Orientation
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Ambrosetti, Angelina – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The use of mentoring has nowadays become a predominant practice for the professional placement component of pre-service teacher education programs. Research however has identified that being an effective teacher does not make you an effective mentor. The present research investigated the role of professional development in the preparation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Faculty Development
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Cranston, Neil – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The last decade or so has seen an emerging literature supporting the position that school leaders and school leadership are important. This article argues, however, that recent developments in the area of school leadership have led to an orthodoxy that needs to be challenged and tested. It is an orthodoxy that has been driven essentially by those…
Descriptors: Accountability, Professional Identity, Professional Autonomy, Educational Administration
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Howlett, Alisa; Howard, Zaana – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: Evidence-based practice is a process through which evidence in its various forms is sourced, appraised and applied in order to solve a problem, inform decision making, or improve practice. The purpose of this paper is to share findings from a qualitative research study that sought to identify evidence used by Australian special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Libraries, Evidence, Qualitative Research
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Lemon, Narelle; Garvis, Susanne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
The arts are an important compulsory subject area in Australian schooling. In 2014, the Australian National Curriculum for the arts is scheduled for implementation. While the arts may be a compulsory subject area and expected to be taught in classrooms by primary school teachers, current perceptions held by teachers may be different to the view…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Role Perception, Art Education, Foreign Countries
Taylor-Leech, Kerry; Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
This overview identifies some common features of macro-level language planning and briefly summarises the changing approaches to the analysis of macro-planning in the field. It previews six cases of language-in-education planning in response to linguistic diversity presented by the contributors to this issue. The cases show how macro-planning can…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Definitions
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Bruce, Christine; Stoodley, Ian – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
This article describes higher degree research supervisors' experiences of supervision as teaching. While research education is considered central to the higher degree research experience, comparatively little is known to date of the teaching lenses adopted by supervisors as they go about their supervision. We worked with 35 supervisors engaged in…
Descriptors: Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Supervisors, Learning Experience
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James, Ian – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
The paper explores ways that vocational education and training (VET) might become involved in the development of moral "know-how", ready for workplace practice. The primary concern here is the transformation of earlier-learnt ethical principles to their applied moral behaviour, essential for appropriate practice within workplace…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Construction Industry
Burgess, Cathie – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This study explores the role of agency in early career Aboriginal teachers expressions of their professional identity. It argues that in the context of teaching, opportunities to exercise personal agency are critical to the development and maintenance of a "healthy" professional identity, particularly for those traditionally disempowered…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Role Perception, Beginning Teachers, Interviews
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Hughes, Clarissa – Australian Universities' Review, 2012
This paper reports the results of a small qualitative pilot study on the role of alcohol in college life, undertaken at three residential colleges at an Australian university. Focus groups (involving 43 students aged between 17 and 23 years) investigated participants' views of the social functions of alcohol in the residential college environment.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Foreign Countries, College Environment, Focus Groups
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Prestridge, Sarah – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This paper explores the role of engaging teachers in constructive dialogue within ICT professional development activity. As part of an ICT professional development program, sixteen teachers across eight geographically removed schools participated in an online threaded discussion forum for a school year. Data reported in this paper are generated…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Professional Development, Discourse Analysis, Connected Discourse
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Christopher, Joe – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This study draws on the multi-theoretical approach to governance and the views of university chief executive officers (CEOs) to examine the extent to which internal auditing as a control mechanism is adopted in Australian public universities under an environment of change management. The findings highlight negative consequences of change and their…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Theory Practice Relationship, College Administration, Foreign Countries
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Gray, Lara Cain – Australian Library Journal, 2009
In Information Studies literature there is debate about the future of the "subject librarian" as the increasing sophistication of electronic search devices leaves readers progressively more capable of seeking and interpreting information independently. As a case study, however, this essay will look at one such library professional, the…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Role, Scholarship, Specialists
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McGinty, Suzanne Claire; Koo, Yew Lie; Saeidi, Mahnaz – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
This paper presents preliminary findings from a research study in Australia, Malaysia and Iran on students' perceptions of the roles of supervisor and student in the production of their thesis and the contribution of their cultural knowledge to thesis development. The 360 respondents who answered an online survey were studying for their Master's…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Supervisors
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Whitchurch, Celia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This paper builds on earlier work by the author to explore the international dimensions of a study of the changing roles and identities of professional staff in higher education (Whitchurch 2008a, b). It further develops the concept of the "blended professional," characterising individuals with identities drawn from both professional and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel, Comparative Analysis
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