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Seagren, Alan T.; And Others – 1989
This study was undertaken to provide a comparison of primary/elementary teachers' perceptions in Australia and the United States of the skills, competencies, and behavioral attributes that principals should possess to administer an effective school. Utilizing the Audit of Principal Effectiveness, 140 primary teachers in Australia and 347…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications
Clark, Terry W. – 1990
Written for the Australian general reader who wants to understand important trends in vocational education and training, this document describes skills audits and provides an annotated list of publications for those who want more information. The first section defines skills audits as identification of the skills required and held by the work…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure
Sharpe, Fenton – 1976
This paper compares the selection process for a high school principal in a medium-sized school district in the western United States with the principal selection process in the school system of New South Wales, Australia. The author first briefly describes the two school systems on which the study is based and then examines in considerable detail…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Bibliographies
Australian Ministry of Science and Education, Canberra. – 1970
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an Australian committee report investigating lecturers' salaries in institutions of higher learning. The report classifies two groups of institutions: institutes of technology and single discipline colleges. Lecturing staff should be encouraged to move between institutes…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education, Professional Recognition
Ridoutt, Lee; Smith, Chris Selby; Hummel, Kevin; Cheang, Christina – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
This report is about employers and how they value and use qualifications in their business decisions. The research indicates clear differences in the value placed on and use made of qualifications by employers for different groups of workers and occupations. Qualifications are considered more important for higher-level occupations and employers…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Employment
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Future workforce planning in private and public enterprise requires reliable information on which projections are made. Currently limited information exists about vocational education and training (VET) professionals. This report consolidates two national studies on the TAFE workforce, and on VET professionals in private and public registered…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Credentials, Vocational Education, Profiles
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Wigham, Frank – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1971
Discusses need for supportive teacher education, retraining of professional and technological personnel every ten years, additional formal training for administrators, curriculum officers and lecturers, experimental teaching methods and appropriate incentives to encourage teachers now teaching and to attract new people to the field. (RB)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Recruitment
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Shelley, Val – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1980
Discusses various components of an extension course to train persons in rural areas of Australia for a child-care certificate. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum, Educational Certificates
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Scoullar, Kylie M.; Smith, David I. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Knowledge about adolescent suicide in Australia was investigated using the Adolescent Suicide Behavior Questionnaire. General practitioners and teachers scored, on average, 71% and 59% of the questionnaire items correct, respectively. Strengths and deficits in knowledge across the professions are discussed in terms of the potential gatekeeping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Role, Crisis Intervention
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Lunay, Ralph G.; Lock, Graeme – Issues in Educational Research, 2006
Research suggests that the relief (substitute) teacher should be viewed as an extremely important educational resource. Reviewed literature spanning the better part of twenty years indicates that in parts of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, many students spend as much as one full year (or more) of their K-12 education having…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Substitute Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Acutt, Bruce; Becker, Karen; Hyland, Paul; Miller, Linda – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
This paper reports on the outcomes of a replication study of a survey of British employers that requested information on the qualifications sought when recruiting employees and on subsequent training and development. While the British survey was interested in the uptake and use of the British National Vocational Qualifications, the study reported…
Descriptors: Employees, Qualifications, Skilled Workers, Foreign Countries
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Hardy, Ian; Smith, Erica – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
This paper utilizes the findings of a small research project into academics' perceptions of the value of formal qualifications in university teaching and learning to reflect upon the current status of teaching and tertiary teaching qualifications in Australia. The findings are based upon a survey of and interviews with participants and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Surveys, Interviews
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Fleet, Alama; Kitson, Ros; Cassady, Bevan; Hughes, Ross – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2007
Demonstrating persistence and resilience, increasing numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood teachers are gaining university qualifications. This paper explores factors that support and constrain these students on the path to their degrees. Investigated through a cycle of interviews and focus groups, otherwise perceived as…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Indigenous Populations, Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries
Ridoutt, Lee; Hummel, Kevin; Dutneal, Ralph; Selby Smith, Chris – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between requirements for the performance of particular jobs and that specific part of the competence requirement that is needed, in the opinion of employers, to be formally recognised. Data collected were primarily qualitative, gathered through interviews with managers, sometimes in…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, Qualifications, Competence
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Kennedy, Anne – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1996
Observes that increasing numbers of overseas-trained professionals are seeking recognition of their qualifications in Australia. Asserts that only scant consideration has been given to recognizing and supporting skilled migrant early childhood professionals. Explores one type of program that attempts such recognition and makes key recommendations…
Descriptors: Ability, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Migrants
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