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Stephens, Max – 1986
The Ministry of Education in the state of Victoria, Australia, prepared six papers outlining new educational policies in the early 1980s. To encourage local implementation of the recommendations contained in the sixth paper, "Curriculum Development and Planning in Victoria," the ministry's Curriculum Branch is writing 10 "curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
White, Peter B. – 1984
Educators have been critized for being unable to develop any firm plans for the use of Australia's Domestic Communications Satellite (AUSSAT). However, conferences, talks, and papers have resulted in some significant achievements. First, it is now possible to raise issues of communications and telecommunications planning at the very highest…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Planning
Stall, Roy – 1982
This paper reviews the principal sources and methods used by the Manpower Research and Information Branches of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (DEIR) to forecast the over or undersupply of librarians in Australia. After differentiating between manpower policy, planning, and forecasting, the role of the commonwealth government…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Labor Needs
Bundy, Alan L. – 1981
Because 30 Australian colleges of advanced education, principally teacher training institutions, were scheduled to be amalgamated in 1982, a study was undertaken to determine the problems likely to face librarians at these institutions and to produce guidelines on amalgamation and running multi-site operations for both college administrators and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, Consolidated Schools, Foreign Countries
Benton, Richard – RELC Journal, 1975
The article outlines past and present approaches to initial literacy teaching to speakers of indigenous vernaculars in Australia and New Zealand. It comments on the implications of this experience in the wider context of teaching literacy, and of teaching English literacy in Southeast Asia as a whole. (CLK)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Ashby, Gerald; And Others – 1978
This program overview discusses the aims and organization of the Preschool Correspondence Program (PSCP) in Queensland, Australia, accenting the development of the Correspondence Unit within the Preschool Education Division of the Queensland Department of Education. Four functions of preschool education, conditions seen to be necessary for the…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Western Australia Post Secondary Education Commission, Nedlands. – 1978
Based upon visits to representative educational centers, interviews with area citizens, and a research review, this report assesses the post-secondary educational needs of Australia's Pilbara region and recommends the establishment of two community colleges to meet these needs. A geographic, economic, and demographic profile of the Pilbara…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Educational Needs
Neustupny, J. V., Ed.; Rowe, H. M., Ed. – 1976
This volume contains papers presented at the first conference for teachers of Japanese in Australia. Section one of the volume contains the opening presentation, by J. Neustupny, which discusses current trends in Japanese language teaching in Australia. Section two contains nine symposium papers, which deal with problems in secondary curricula for…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Planning
Library Council of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia). – 1974
Faced with task duplication in its public branch libraries, the Library Council of Victoria, Australia, undertook a feasibility study called Technilib to determine whether a central cataloging and processing bureau should be established. Consultants considered the practicality and expense of introducing a centralized cataloging service using the…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Cataloging, Costs, Feasibility Studies
Watt, Helen M. G. – 2000
In New South Wales, Australia, a longitudinal study of 3 sequential cohorts over three years (N=428, 436, 459 for cohorts 1 to 3 respectively) indicated their intended levels of participation in both Higher School Certificate (HSC) mathematics course selection and career plans, revealing a persistent gender imbalance in higher levels of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Planning, Course Selection (Students), Foreign Countries
Patterson, Catherine; Fleet, Alma – AECA Research in Practice Series, 2003.., 2003
Early childhood educators across Australia are starting to rethink traditional approaches to planning in early childhood education, including respecting children as powerful, competent learners; valuing families as partners; and developing new approaches to observation and record keeping that encourage dynamism and flexibility. This booklet…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation
Sharma, R. D. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1982
A study designed to provide a rational basis for establishing student teacher ratios for certain fields of study in Australian colleges is described. It analyzed student and faculty contact hours, student load, full-time-equivalent staff, class size, and academic workload and integrated them into mathematical models for the fields. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Departments, Foreign Countries
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King, Roger B. – Australian Journal of Education, 1981
The theoretical framework of the Williams report is outlined and the roles of people's conception in the relationships between the educational system and economic growth, in changes in the educational system, and in accounts for understanding and planning the educational system are considered. (MLW)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
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Doherty, David – Prospect, 1996
Focuses on the importance of language planning and policy in terms of how language programs are implemented and delivered, and considers Australia's position regarding English language provision and its role in Australian society. The discussion concludes that the Adult Migrant English Program must service the English language needs of a variety…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language)
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Valadian, Margaret – Higher Education in Europe, 1999
Identifies and explores the various frameworks that must be considered in developing quality distance education for indigenous peoples. A new mind-set needs to be created that calls for the exchange of knowledge between the indigenous and the mainstream communities that will mutually benefit from the information, skills, values, and concerns of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Distance Education, Educational Development, Educational Planning
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