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Durey, Angela; Taylor, Kate; Bessarab, Dawn; Kickett, Marion; Jones, Sue; Hoffman, Julie; Flavell, Helen; Scott, Kim – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2017
Progress has been slow in improving health disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians and other Australians. While reasons for this are complex, delivering healthcare respectful of cultural differences is one approach to improving Indigenous health outcomes. This paper presents and evaluates an intercultural…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Health Education, Capacity Building, Intercultural Programs
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Chandler, Paul D. – Cogent Education, 2017
This study reports on the responses to a survey of 55 upper primary school teachers, conducted prior to their classes engaging in a substantial unit of work in multimodal composition. The survey was designed to ascertain the extent to which the teachers were already familiar with, and had already embedded in their teaching, a metalanguage of…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Skills, Educational Practices
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Ngo, Thu Thi Bich – English in Australia, 2016
Differentiating writing instruction has been a puzzling matter for English teachers when it comes to teaching creative writing to high potential and high performing (HPHP) students. The lack of differentiation in creative writing pedagogy for HPHP students in Australia is due to two major issues: (1) teachers' lack of high-level linguistic and…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Teaching Models, Teaching Methods, Creative Writing
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Gordon, Neil – Teaching Science, 2016
Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) on the Sunshine Coast is growing rapidly. It has expanded from one inaugural Year 8 class in 2012 to the current state of play with the involvement of over 3,000 CASE students from eleven Sunshine Coast State High Schools. It is being taught by more than seventy CASE teachers with…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Science Activities
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Smith, Erica; Yasukawa, Keiko – International Journal of Training Research, 2017
The quality of teaching in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia has been an area of concern for much of the twenty-first century (e.g. Department of Education and Training, 2016). While much debate has taken place about ways forward, there has been little substantive progress in reforming the education and professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Characteristics, Vocational Education Teachers
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Dally, Kerry A.; Dempsey, Ian – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This article describes the procedures used in developing and validating a set of statements for Australian special education teachers. Using the existing AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the proficient level as a basis, a set of statements describing the specific skills and knowledge required by Australian educators working…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Special Education Teachers, Standards, Foreign Countries
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Faulkner, Julie; Latham, Gloria – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
What kinds of teachers are needed for 21st century learners? While there is recognition that curriculum content, classroom practices and learning environments must alter, there is less attention focussed on the teachers' dispositions for negotiating uncertainty. In this paper, the authors turn their attention to the importance of teachers' lives…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Resilience (Psychology)
Simon, Linda; Beddie, Francesca M. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This document explains the VET Applied Research Developmental Framework, created as part of a project that explored how the vocational education and training (VET) sector could broaden its engagement in Australia's research and development (R&D) and innovation systems. Achieving this engagement will rely significantly on building the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research and Development, Innovation
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Bourke, Terri; Lidstone, John – SAGE Open, 2015
In Australia, for more than two decades, a "social science" integrated framework was the favored approach for delivering subjects such as history and geography. However, such interdisciplinary approaches have continued to attract criticism from various parts of the academic and public spheres, and since 2009, a return to teaching the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Geography Instruction, Knowledge Level
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Brebner, Chris; Attrill, Stacie; Marsh, Claire; Coles, Lilienne – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Professional development can provide opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge, and to apply them to practice in a sustainable way. However, delivery of professional development needs to consider the philosophies and pedagogies of training recipients, and activities should be tailored to meet their needs. This article reports on an…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Models
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Huong, Le; Koo, Fung Kuen; Arambewela, Rodney; Zutshi, Ambika – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Vietnamese international students' experiences with the campus learning environment by analysing differences in staff and student perceptions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Two focus groups (n = 12) and ten in-depth interviews were conducted with Vietnamese students and four in-depth interviews with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Vietnamese People, Teaching Skills, Foreign Students
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Truuvert, Toomas – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article outlines the trial of a programme to enhance tutorial learning experiences by raising sessional-tutor awareness about learning, and reflects on its results. The author developed the programme for an introductory undergraduate unit in finance with historically very large enrolments, diverse student populations, and high failure rates.…
Descriptors: Tutor Training, Tutors, Teaching Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Joseph, Dawn; Rouse, Elizabeth – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
Higher education in Australia attracts many international students. Universities are challenged to prepare them with the necessary understandings, knowledge and skills to effectively participate in their study. For international students, understanding Early Childhood contexts in Australia is a new way of viewing teaching and learning from their…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Workshops, Foreign Students, Teacher Education
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Coffey, Anne; Lavery, Shane – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The use of service-learning as a teaching methodology is in its infancy within Australian tertiary institutions. Parker et. al., (2009) noted that, until recently, community service-learning has been under-utilised within the Australian higher education system. Within teacher education programs, service-learning has been used primarily as a means…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Service Learning, Preservice Teachers
Jackson, Laura, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
The 24th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference, colloquially known as "No Frills", was held in July 2015.The conference highlighted research across three major themes:(1) youth: engaging, inspiring and supporting students to realise their potential; (2) pathways: transitioning through education and training into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Diversity (Institutional), Student Needs
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