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Hubber, Peter; Darby, Linda; Tytler, Russell – Teaching Science, 2010
This is the first of two papers that draw on a study of the national BHP Billiton Science Awards, a peak competition funded by BHP Billiton and administered by CSIRO. BHP Billiton, CSIRO and ASTA together oversee the strategic direction of the Awards. This paper reports an analysis focussed on the outcomes for students of participation in open…
Descriptors: Investigations, Awards, Partnerships in Education, Science Instruction
Goos, Merrilyn; Hughes, Clair – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
Ongoing and rapid change is having a significant impact on the social and cultural contexts of assessment in higher education. Change and innovation have been driven not only by advances in our knowledge of effective practice but also by government policies, the latter often resulting in uncertainty regarding the freedoms and responsibilities of…
Descriptors: Investigations, Instructor Coordinators, Confidence Testing, Self Esteem
Singh, Michael; Cui, Guihua; Harreveld, Bobby – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
This paper reports on a preliminary investigation into organisational innovations in Senior L/earning as these potentially relate to teachers' professional development, the curriculum and the outcomes for young adults. Specifically, this paper focuses on an investigation into organisational innovations in Senior L/earning in Queensland through a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Vocational Education, Secondary Education, School Community Relationship
Sharplin, Elaine – Australian Journal of Education, 2009
This qualitative multiple-site case study explores the experiences of imported and overseas-qualified teachers appointed to fill "difficult-to-staff" Western Australian rural schools. In a climate of global teacher shortages, investigation of the strategies adopted to solve this problem requires empirical examination. The study of six…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Investigations, Teacher Shortage, Teaching Experience
Goedegebuure, Leo; Coates, Hamish; van der Lee, Jeannet; Meek, V. Lynn – Australian Universities' Review, 2009
The concept of diversity has been part of the Australian government's higher education agenda for several years, but empirical studies on the actual state of diversity in the sector are limited. This situation raises questions regarding the factual basis for the policy claims made. With this in mind, this paper seeks to assess the degree of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Diversity, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration
Obara, Samuel – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2009
This paper presents an investigation by pre-service secondary school teachers in a geometry class of the relationship between the perpendicular distance from the eyeball to the wall (x) and the viewable vertical distance on the wall (y) using a view tube of constant length and diameter. In undertaking the investigation, students used tabular and…
Descriptors: Investigations, Secondary School Teachers, Geometry, Preservice Teacher Education
Brussow, S. M.; Wilkinson, A. C. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
In view of the fact that diversity in higher education has increased, it has become critical to deal with the needs of non-traditional students, and especially the students underprepared for the demands of higher education. In an attempt to address this issue and answer the question, "How can underprepared students be encouraged to become…
Descriptors: Investigations, Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Students, Learner Engagement
Ciccone, Natalie; Hennessey, Neville; Stokes, Stephanie F. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: A trial parent-focused early intervention (PFEI) programme for children with delayed language development is reported in which current research evidence was translated and applied within the constraints of available of clinical resources. The programme, based at a primary school, was run by a speech-language pathologist with…
Descriptors: Evidence, Early Intervention, Language Skills, Speech Language Pathology
Reid, Anna; Dahlgren, Lars Owe; Petocz, Peter; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Students enter university with ideas about their future professions. In some disciplines, the profession and the nature of professional work are well understood, while in other areas, they are more opaque. The authors investigate the ways in which students develop a sense of identity with their profession, how the nature of the profession impacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, International Studies, Investigations
Degotardi, Sheila; Davis, Belinda – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
This research explored the nature of early childhood practitioners' interpretations of infants in their programs on the basis that such interpretations guide practitioner-infant interactions and curriculum decision-making processes. Twenty-four infant practitioners were asked to describe a nominated infant in their program and to interpret video…
Descriptors: Investigations, Infants, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
Forbes, Anne; McCloughan, Gerry – Teaching Science, 2010
"MyScience" ("www.myscience.edu.au") is a pioneering primary science initiative that uses a distinctive team approach, with primary teachers, primary students and volunteer mentor scientists working collaboratively as students conduct authentic scientific investigations to find answers to their own questions. The initiative is…
Descriptors: Investigations, Student Participation, Professional Development, Elementary School Science
Corrin, Linda; Lockyer, Lori; Bennett, Sue – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
Generational generalisations regarding how students interact with technology have been used in recent times to prompt calls for radical changes to the delivery of teaching in higher education. This article reports on a study aimed to investigate first-year students' technology access and usage in two contexts of use: everyday life and academic…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Technology Uses in Education, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries
Fleet, Alma; Kitson, Rosalind – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Nonstandard entry programs into higher education include worthy goals and problematic processes. Although effective practices in teacher education would seem to be well established, complications arise when good intentions intersect with university protocols, issues of power, history, rights, and cultural complexities. This article reports on an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Investigations, Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups
Lebler, Don; Burt-Perkins, Rosie; Carey, Gemma – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
As the range of experiences offered by conservatoires expands to serve an increasingly diverse student cohort, it is no longer reasonable to assume that all students will fit neatly into the traditional expectations of institutions. In the 3P model of learning, the prior learning of students is one of the presage factors that interact with process…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Music Education, Prior Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Ruthven, Joan – Australian Library Journal, 2010
This article presents the results of a study into the provision of Internet training for adult public library clients. The study, which was completed in 2008, forms part of a larger investigation into the characteristics, preferences and needs of adult public library clients in New South Wales. The aim of this section of the investigation is to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Needs, Investigations, Public Libraries