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McVilly, K.; Webber, L.; Paris, M.; Sharp, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Having an objective means of evaluating the quality of behaviour support plans (BSPs) could assist service providers and statutory authorities to monitor and improve the quality of support provided to people with intellectual disability (ID) who exhibit challenging behaviour. The Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation Guide II…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Adults
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Scarino, Angela – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2012
In school languages education in Australia at present there is an increasing diversity of languages and learners learning particular languages that results from a greater global movement of students. This diversity builds on a long-established profile of diversity that reflects the migration history of Australia. It stands in sharp contrast to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Context Effect, Rating Scales
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Harrington, Ingrid – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Whole-School Professional Development (PD) days held regularly in schools are designed to promote and up-skill school staff on relevant areas of educational policy and practice. An aim of PD days is to empower participants with new knowledges and skills, and to confirm that current practices and interpretations of education policy and procedure…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Skill Development, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Fehring, Heather; Herring, Katherine – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
Lifting the rate of workforce participation in Australia has been called "the challenge of the decade". In light of the ageing workforce, changing nature of work demands and workforce attitudes, the need for insight into current patterns of workforce participation has never been more urgent. The following paper offers an overview of an…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries, Work Attitudes, Skilled Workers
Callan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This report is focused on the strategic, capability and operational reasons why traditional vocational education and training (VET) providers move to the delivery of higher education qualifications in their own right, in addition to their vocational qualifications. It is particularly interested in associate and bachelor degrees. By undertaking six…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Vocational Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Schleicher, Andreas – OECD Publishing, 2015
Successful education systems are those that promote leadership at all levels, thereby encouraging teachers and principals, regardless of the formal positions they occupy, to lead innovation in the classroom, the school and the system as a whole. This report summarises evidence from the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey and the OECD…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Nielsen, Marianne O.; Brown, Samantha – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
The data from a longitudinal study of seven indigenous justice service organizations in four colonized countries were analyzed to identify the characteristics that made them "indigenous." Although nine common organizational characteristics emerged, of these, four are essential and specific to indigenous organizations (dependency on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Definitions, Institutional Characteristics
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Speldewinde, Peter – Bioscience Education, 2010
Restoration ecology is "the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed." Restoration can range from returning the system to its "natural" state through to restoring some ecological functionality to a system. The University of Western Australia offers an undergraduate degree in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Publicity, Ecology, Guidelines
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Fox, Christine – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2011
Current government discourses on partnerships tend to assume an uncritical belief in the existence of equal ownership and equal power relations between development partners and partner governments. The rhetoric of shared visions, common strategic directions or complementary approaches to development in the Pacific begs the question of how such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Partnerships in Education, Ownership
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2013
Twelve special education teachers and teacher assistants who have instructional experience using iPads with children with special needs completed a survey that queried their practices and perceptions. In general, teachers and assistants were extremely positive about the value of iPads for children with special needs, particularly for children with…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Aides
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Jones, Narelle; Torezani, Silvia; Luca, Joseph – Intercultural Education, 2012
Career opportunities for Australian research graduates have expanded in recent years into areas outside academia. However, the employment market is highly competitive, and Australian universities have recognised the need to produce graduates with transferable skills across all sectors, not just academia. The need to provide an infrastructure to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Employment Potential, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
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Hudson, Peter; English, Lyn D.; Dawes, Les; Macri, Jo – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
Implementing educational reform requires partnerships, and university-school collaborations in the form of investigative and experimental projects can aim to determine the practicalities of reform. However, there are funded projects that do not achieve intended outcomes. In the context of a new reform initiative in education, namely, science,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Expertise
Held, John – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
As educators consider designing excellent spaces for education, it is helpful to take a broader look and talk about their approach to design the questions they need to ask. Rather than talk about specific designs of school buildings, the author suggests that they should refocus their vision and look at how ideas of citizenship, the home and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Facilities Design
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Ling, Peter – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
Most universities in Australia have established at least one organizational unit with a responsibility for academic development. While "academic" could embrace all aspects of the role of academics, including research, innovation, and contributions to community and professional bodies, the expectation is that the focus will be on learning…
Descriptors: Universities, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Surveys
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Marsh, Scott – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
The capacity for schools to improve student learning represents an important area of scholarship for policymakers, schools, and scholars. In understanding how to support student learning, the notion of school leadership has emerged as a key area of research interest. Understanding the influence of this literature in schools is important. As such,…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Educational Improvement, Program Improvement, Mixed Methods Research
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