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Westwood, Ruth – Babel, 2005
This research project aimed to establish the attributes that are sought by schools in New South Wales when they are selecting new language teachers. The research provided some insight into the decision makers' "wish lists" of desirable attributes. The findings of the project include useful data for employers, teachers, teacher educators,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Teaching Experience, Language Teachers
Ashenden, Dean – 1994
Schools represent a major social investment in Australia. Assessment of Australian schools' performance depends on how one defines what they should be doing and on how well they can be expected to do it. In the official account, schools are of "high quality and modest cost" when compared with their own past and other school systems. An…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1998
This document explains the objectives, principles, standards, and protocols of the Australian Recognition Framework (ARF), which is a comprehensive approach to national recognition of vocational education and training (VET) that is based on a quality-assured approach to the registration of training organizations seeking to deliver training, assess…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Articulation (Education), Competence, Educational Principles
Clyde, Margaret – 1989
A preliminary study assessed the efficacy of pre-service and in-service early childhood education programs centered on a policy of combining philosophy, theory, and program practice. Questions were designed to: (1) provide data to be used to determine whether early childhood teachers used an understanding of curriculum philosophy and theory as a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy
Morris, A.; Cope, R. G. – 1982
These two volumes report a pilot study that examined the job-related literacy and numeracy demands made on school leavers who entered selected apprenticeships. Volume I presents narrative materials. Detailed descriptions of literacy and numeracy demands are provided for 10 trades: electrical-fitter-mechanical, fitter-turner-machinist, fitter…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cosmetology, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries

Hattie, John; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Supervising teachers appear to reliably evaluate student teachers and tend to perceive student teachers in terms of two major factors: preparation and presentation. There were differences between primary and secondary level supervisors. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Montgomery, A. Y. – Vestes, 1980
Degree requirements in computer science at Monash University are summarized, problems relating to them are discussed, and suggestions for improving them are offered that stress a clearer definition of expectations. (JSR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Computer Science Education, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)

Spork, Helen – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1992
Reports survey results of a random sample of Brisbane North Region, Australia, elementary school teachers (n=300) concerning teacher practices, attitudes, professional preparation, and concerns regarding environmental education. Concludes that environmental education is implemented in classroom programs but that values, ethics, problem solving and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Environmental Education
Gray, F. Elizabeth; Emerson, Lisa; MacKay, Bruce – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
Over the last 15 years, surveys in a range of English-speaking countries, from North America and the United Kingdom, to New Zealand and Australia, have consistently shown that employers rank oral and written communication skills as highly as or more highly than any technical or quantitative skills. However, in New Zealand there has been very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Science Education, Workplace Literacy
Ingram, David – Babel, 2004
In this paper, the author looks back over some 43 years of involvement in language teaching and examines the progress educators have made as a profession. He also considers their present situation, given a Federal Government, which, at least until this year, has seemed antipathetic to languages education, and State and Territory Governments which,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Marsden, Wm., Ed. – 1984
Thirteen essays discussing how teachers are trained to teach geography in various countries are presented. The papers are: "Teacher Education in Geography: The Comparative View" (W. E. Marsden); "The Training of Geography Teachers in the People's Republic of Bulgaria" (Paulina Vekilska and Dimitar Kantchev); "Note Sur la…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum, Educational History
Over, Ray; McKenzie, Beryl – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1985
Although many women now have qualifications that in the past guaranteed an academic appointment, few university jobs are available. An unrestrained labor market suggests that the sex ratio of academics is unlikely to change much in the next 10 to 15 years, but several interventions could increase the representation of women in academic posts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, College Administration, College Faculty
Lovas, Stephen – Vestes, 1980
Detailed and wide-ranging suggestions are offered for reforming Australia's higher degree requirements. The author, an Australian PhD, compares them with requirements in other countries and finds them "particularly regressive, unenlightened, intellectually counterproductive, undemocratic, and uncivilized." (JSR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advanced Courses, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)
Ibrahim, E. Z.; And Others – Vestes, 1980
Some of the reasons for the unduly long time required to finish PhDs at the University of Sydney are examined, and two problem areas are noted: the imposition of excessive standards for ulterior motives, and inadequate supervision. Based on questionnaires, five specific reforms are suggested. (JSR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations

Fawns, Rod; Nance, David – Australian Journal of Education, 1993
This paper argues that evaluation of advanced skills in teaching should be based on pedagogical content knowledge that good teachers should have but nonteachers in the discipline might not. Several schemes used in Victoria (Australia) for appraisal of advanced teaching skills are examined, and an alternative to competency-based approaches is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria