Reports on the problems an Australian high school English department had in promoting a school policy for language across the curriculum. (RL)

An attempt was made to describe the verbal interaction of 29 university tutorial groups. Tutor roles were identified (reflexive judge, data input, stage setter, elaborator, probe, and cognitive engineer) and examined in relationship to student ratings of the sessions and use by students of different cognitive levels. Applications of the research…

Argues that since the successful teaching of reading does not depend on materials and schemes alone, a teacher who fails to acknowledge cultural factors that influence a pupil's ways of knowing will achieve only limited success. (EL)

Describes the history of the secondary school English curriculum in New South Wales, Australia since 1911. Examines the gradual shift from centralized control over curriculum development to an emphasis on teacher control over course content. (MM)

This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "'A Huge Learning Curve': TAFE Practitioners' Ways of Working with Private Enterprises," and is an added resource of appendices for further information. Included are: (1) Literature review; (2) Interview schedules; (3) Six case studies; (4) Tables of…

Policy initiatives such as user choice and training packages have been significant contributors in the move towards a more industry-driven vocational education and training (VET) system. An important consequence of this shift has been greater pressure on industries to provide opportunities for training in the workplace, and a reclaiming of the…

Much recent debate has suggested Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) teachers not only need new knowledge and skills but need to perform their professional practices in new ways and in new contexts. What this debate has failed to recognize is that these change discourses are in effect constructing new professional identities for…

Recent debates focus on literacy curriculum as if it is separate from teachers' other work, almost at times as if teachers and their contexts are irrelevant to what is the most appropriate literacy pedagogy. Perhaps learning to read and write is not hard work, but teaching is, no matter which theoretical orientation about literacy is adhered to.…

Provides a case study of Fixed Role Treatment devised to help change the construct systems underlying classroom problems of two high school English teachers. Their professional self-characterizations were analyzed and they were encouraged to adopt new roles. The nature of the classes and need for change affected improvement. (Author/JAC)

Responses from teachers, subject coordinators and school administrators in 23 Queensland state high schools were analyzed to ascertain the perceived importance of subject coordinators to teacher satisfaction, teacher dissatisfaction, and the learning of students in classrooms. (Author/MLW)

Outlines the approaches used by the largest language school in Victoria, Australia, providing strategies to help its teachers enhance second language learning in a mixed ability environment. These strategies encompass organizing learning activities and seating arrangements; forming groups and pairs; student preparation of group activities; and…

Examines issues of writing instruction and assessment as they relate to an approach to English language education, developed in Australia, which emphasizes the importance of the teacher's use of metalanguage to enhance a shared understanding of language among teachers and students. Reviews genre theory and considers its relevance to teaching,…

Describes the efforts of a group of Australian primary and secondary teachers who have taken an innovative approach to in-service education. Notes that current attempts at educational reform seem to have failed because the major actors have been largely excluded from the action, except as respondents to the agendas of others. (KO)

An Australian study investigated the perceptions of 28 graduate and undergraduate students concerning university teaching and learning, especially with regard to their contact with research projects. The objective was to determine whether students are aware of faculty's research role and whether the conduct of research has an impact on teaching…

An Australian study compared the views of 26 humanities and 26 social sciences university faculty members concerning the aspects of teaching they felt they could delegate to others. Social sciences faculty were more likely to approve of contracting tasks to others. Individuals differed in the extent to which they were willing to "contract…