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Penman, Joy; Malik, Gulzar; Chu, Mand Yee Eli; Kett, Giselle; Hampton, Kerry; Thomacos, Nikos; Ebrahimi-Zanjani, Maya; Zhong, Yaping; Mckenzie, Wendy – Journal of International Students, 2021
International students report higher sociocultural and academic stress when settling into a new university compared with their local counterparts. Three disciplines in the health professions collaborated to create a transition program addressing international student health and well-being in Australia. Commencing students and senior student…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Self Management, Study Habits, Student Attitudes
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Gurr, David; Drysdale, Lawrie – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
This paper provides a review of school leadership preparation and development in Australia through considering the requirements for becoming a principal, how leadership preparation and development occurs, and consideration of recent developments to provide an Australian standard for school leaders. Australian educators have relied mostly on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Administrator Education
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Currey, Judy; Sprogis, Stephanie K.; Burdeu, Gabby; Considine, Julie; Allen, Joshua; Oldland, Elizabeth – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2018
In tertiary education, generic professional skills should be developed along with discipline-specific knowledge and skills. Team-Based Learning (TBL), an active learning strategy, creates deep learning and enhanced student engagement; however, its effects on the development of generic learning outcomes are unknown. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning
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Roepen, Dean – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore non-technical skills from the perspective of Australian business graduates who had recently made the transition from higher education into full-time employment. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed-methods approach was applied through the use of an online survey containing closed and open-ended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Business Administration Education, Student Attitudes
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Howard, Steven J.; Melhuish, Edward – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
Several methods of assessing executive function (EF), self-regulation, language development, and social development in young children have been developed over previous decades. Yet new technologies make available methods of assessment not previously considered. In resolving conceptual and pragmatic limitations of existing tools, the Early Years…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Language Acquisition, Self Management, Social Development
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Ee, Mong Shan; Yeoh, William; Boo, Yee Ling; Boulter, Terry – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Time control plays a critical role within the online mastery learning (OML) approach. This paper examines the two commonly implemented mastery learning strategies--personalised system of instructions and learning for mastery (LFM)--by focusing on what occurs when there is an instructional time constraint. Using a large data set from a postgraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Time Management, Electronic Learning
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Collie, Rebecca J.; Martin, Andrew J.; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Hall, James; Ginns, Paul – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: Previous research has indicated that although academic buoyancy and student's achievement are associated, the relationship is relatively modest. Aims: We sought to determine whether another construct might link academic buoyancy and student's achievement. Based on prior theoretical and empirical work, we examined a sense of control as…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Self Management
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Goodwin, Kim – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
Building a sustainable career in the creative industries is a challenging proposition. Creative workers face high levels of employment insecurity and limited career development opportunity. Those working in the sector must build discipline-oriented career self-management skills, while also finding ways to cope with the psychologically demanding…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Development, Job Security, Positive Attitudes
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Prikshat, Verma; Kumar, Sanjeev; Nankervis, Alan – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise graduate work-readiness (GWR) and to develop a scale to measure it. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology entailed the compilation of a literature review and the conduct of qualitative interviews and a focus group to generate items. This study used the "resource-based view"…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Likert Scales
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Kozar, Olga; Lum, Juliet F.; Benson, Phil – Distance Education, 2015
Even though there are increasing numbers of PhD students in the distance mode, our current understanding of PhD candidature at a distance is limited and incomplete. On the one end of the spectrum are accounts of unhappy and isolated doctoral students who are separated from communities of practice. At the same time, literature offers accounts of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Distance Education
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Pechenkina, Ekaterina – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Mobile applications (apps) are used in higher education (HE) in a variety of ways, including as learning tools, study organisers, for marketing, and recruitment of new students. Purposed with easing student transition into university life, organiser apps have a capacity to assist students with various aspects of university experience, freeing up…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices
Fletcher, Anna – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
Contemporary learning in Australia necessitates that students develop the capability to play an active role in their own learning. Yet, the student's role as an active agent in the learning process has not been fully examined. Drawing on the notion of assessment as generations informed by conflicting theoretical viewpoints, this paper explores how…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Social Cognition, Foreign Countries, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Coombs, Nicole; Allen, Louise; Cooper, Simon; Cant, Robyn; Beauchamp, Alison; Laszcyk, Jacki; Giannis, Anita; Hopmans, Ruben; Bullock, Shane; Waller, Susan; McKenna, Lisa; Peck, Blake – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study explored young university students' (aged 18-24 years) health literacy, asthma experiences and help-seeking behaviours to inform the development of a web-based asthma education intervention relevant to this age group. Design: Exploratory mixed-methods design incorporateing a health literacy survey and interviews, plus the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Diseases, Literacy
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Lindsay, Katherine; Kirby, Dianne; Dluzewska, Teresa; Campbell, Sher – Journal of Learning Design, 2015
Since "Courting the Blues" was published by Kelk, Luscombe, Medlow and Hickie in 2009, legal educators across Australia have been measuring psychological distress in law students, as well as implementing and evaluating strategies to support students' well-being. This paper reports on initiatives implemented at the Newcastle Law School in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legal Education (Professions), Law Students, Well Being
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Jackson, Glenda M. – Cogent Education, 2016
Self-regulation is a core life quality and human right in democratic societies. The views and experiences of Australian students who had transitioned between home education and conventional schools were sought to explore the similarities and differences between two educationally diverse systems. Through qualitative research using guided interview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Self Management, Educational Opportunities
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