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Remenyi, Andrew G.; Fraser, Barry J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Osipow's 1962 study was extended so that a sample of 173 subjects consisting of school students, university students and teachers provided ratings on the semantic differential for each of nine jobs. Results provided evidence to support that occupational information influenced occupational perceptions. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, College Students, Followup Studies

King, Susan E. – Australian Journal of Education, 1980
One perspective sees Australian schools as failing in their responsibility to prepare young people for occupational role; a second sees schools as doing much in this regard. The conflict between the two perspectives is discussed, and policy considerations are suggested. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship
Becker, Linda K. W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This is the final article in a series examining globalisation and the role of Australian librarians in internationalising library, university, and international practice in higher education. It describes case studies of Australian academic libraries in which a successful pattern for internationalisation emerged. The conclusions of the research are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Development
Lonsdale, A. J.; Bardsley, W. N. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1984
A survey of Australian department heads in 61 institutions examined their most important tasks and responsibilities and perceptions of professional development opportunities; the results are compared with North American studies. Three alternative strategies for meeting professional development needs are suggested and evaluated. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration, Department Heads

Goldman, Juliette D.G.; Goldman, Ronald J. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1983
Children's perceived differences between mothers and fathers, and their perceived roles were examined in several countries. In all groups, mothers are seen as predominantly concerned with domestic duties, while fathers are seen as occupying positions of higher status and playing authority/leadership roles in the family. (AOS)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Fathers

Rooth, S. J. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1978
Provides an overview of the Australian adult educator's roles, the primary one being to foster the idea of lifelong learning for as many as possible. Discusses the concept of lifelong learning and the adult educator as organizer of programs, teacher in many different environments, and social reformer. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Scott, Dorothy – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
This study investigated the feasibility of broadening the traditional infant health focus of the Australian Maternal and Child Health Nurse or Public Health Nurse to encompass maternal emotional and social well-being to identify maternal depression and prevent child abuse. Conditions under which mothers would find this role expansion acceptable…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Depression (Psychology), Early Identification

Tuettemann, Elizabeth; Punch, Keith F. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
A comprehensive investigation into psychological distress among Western Australian teachers used the General Health Questionnaire to measure nine independent variables, including five stressors and four distressors. The data showed high stress levels; stressors correlated positively with distress and distressors correlated negatively. Gender…
Descriptors: Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Role Perception
Poole, Millicent – 1978
This volume contains a comprehensive review and analysis of existing Australian research on early school leaving behavior, focusing on girls. Part One gives an overview of school leavers, and data on general trends are considered. Observable trends in school leaving statistics are examined from antecedents through the school leaving decision to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts

Diamond, C. T. Patrick – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques, English Instruction

Entrekin, L. V.; Everett, J. E. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1981
Questionnaires administered to all 4,128 of the teaching staff at nine institutions of higher education in Australia and New Zealand received a 46 percent response rate. Significant differences between the work-related attitudes of staff at colleges and those at universities are attributed to institutional culture rather than demographic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Demography, Differences, Discriminant Analysis

Bartlett, Leo; Ogilvie, Doug – Australian Journal of Education, 1980
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)
Descriptors: Coordinators, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intellectual Disciplines
Saha, L. J. – Vestes, 1980
Studies of the perception of academic prestige in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are examined. Reviewing the arts, science, and engineering, the studies consider faculty perceptions of how the public and students see the faculty's status and also makes comparisons with government and other professional occupations. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Occupational Surveys

Dule, Kim; Korner, Harriet; Williams, Jutta; Carter, Mark – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1999
A survey of 138 Australian therapists providing services to students with severe disabilities found their role perception was consistent with a contemporary functional approach and that practices associated with a collaborative team approach received both a higher level of agreement and reported implementation than practices not associated with…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education

Burns, Ailsa; Homel, Ross – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1986
Children's satisfaction with being a member of their own sex was explored within two Australian samples. Girls were less satisfied with their sex role than boys, and older girls were more dissatisfied than younger girls. In a sample chosen to include adequate representation of children of non-Anglo immigrants, non-Anglo girls were just as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education