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McGrath, Kevin; Sinclair, Mark – Gender and Education, 2013
The call for more male primary-school teachers has long been associated with the educational needs of boys, the importance of positive male role models in schools and the disproportionate number of male and female primary-school teachers internationally. However, little is known about whether or not parents and students actually want more male…
Descriptors: Males, Elementary School Teachers, Gender Issues, Social Influences
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Dowling, Mitchell J.; Carey, Timothy A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
It is critically important to understand why victims of bullying decide to seek help when they do, particularly from adults, because this reduces the probability of being victimized in the future. This study sought to understand more clearly the patterns of help-seeking by students who reported being victims of bullying. Participants were students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims, Bullying, Adolescents
Greenlees, Jane – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
The use of high-stakes assessment to measure students' mathematical performance has become commonplace in schools all over the world. Such assessment instruments provide national or international comparisons of student (and potentially teacher performance). Each form of assessment is specialised in nature and is characteristic of the culture and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 2
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Firth, Nola Virginia; Frydenberg, Erica; Bond, Lyndal – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
A learning disabilities coping program was implemented in the final year of two primary schools within the context of a whole class coping program and whole school learning disabilities professional development. Using data collected over three years from school surveys, reports, interviews, school documents and a field diary, this paper reports on…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Coping, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
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Thibaut, Patricia; Curwood, Jen Scott; Carvalho, Lucila; Simpson, Alyson – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
With the introduction of digital tools and online connectivity in primary schools, the shape of teaching and learning is shifting beyond the physical classroom. Drawing on the architecture of productive learning networks framework, we examine the affordances and limitations of an upper primary learning network and focus on how the digital and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Lyons, Damien; Wells, Muriel – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
This paper presents a study of teachers' perceptions of '21st century literacy' practices and the dilemmas teacher face when these perceptions clash with the policies and the practices they feel are expected of them. Using narrative inquiry as its methodology, the paper presents 3 themes identified within the study, namely: 'Teachers' insights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, 21st Century Skills, Multiple Literacies, Teacher Attitudes
Lee, Kester; Anderson, Judy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Declining participation rates in advanced mathematics courses and STEM-related occupations has been an issue in Australia for some time, particularly for females. As students continue to disengage with mathematics and complain about its usefulness, it is important to explore what we can do to stem the tide of departing students. One area worthy of…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Role Models
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Johnson, Rebecca L.; Sendall, Marguerite C.; McCuaig, Louise A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Primary school provides an appropriate opportunity for children to commence comprehensive relationships and sexuality education (RSE), yet many primary school teachers avoid teaching this subject area. In the absence of teacher confidence and competence, schools have often relied on health promotion professionals, external agencies and/or one-off…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Cloonan, Anne; Hutchison, Kirsten; Paatsch, Louise – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
In line with global trends, Australian educational policy emphatically recognises the need for contemporary learners to be digitally literate, with provision of "one-to-one" devices to individual learners in schools a major implementation strategy. However, without teacher commitment, the benefits of such investment in one-to-one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Role
English, Lyn; Watson, Jane – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Students explored variation and expectation in a probability activity at the end of the first year of a 3-year longitudinal study across grades 4-6. The activity involved experiments in tossing coins both manually and with simulation using the graphing software, "TinkerPlots." Initial responses indicated that the students were aware of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Mitchell, Annie; Horne, Marj – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
Gap thinking has been categorised as one of several whole number strategies that interfere with early fraction understanding. This study showed that this claim is not supported by interview data of Grade 6 students' gap thinking explanations during a fraction pair comparison task. A correlation with equivalence performance was uncovered, leading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Number Concepts, Mathematics, Grade 6
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Chandler, Paul D. – Australian Journal of Education, 2013
This study draws on a survey of 800 upper primary school students concerning their knowledge of certain 'new media' applications. The findings concur with other studies in suggesting that students' relationship with technology is more complex and nuanced than is conveyed by a simple branding of 'digital native'. Some differential experiences…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Experience, Mass Media Use, Media Literacy
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Chick, Helen L.; Pierce, Robyn – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
It is widely held that context is important in teaching mathematics and statistics. Consideration of context is central to statistical thinking, and any teaching of statistics must incorporate this aspect. Indeed, it has been advocated that real-world data sets can motivate the learning of statistical principles. It is not, however, a…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Design, Mathematics Education
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Boman, Peter; Mergler, Amanda; Furlong, Michael; Caltabiano, Nerina – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
This descriptive pilot study examined the cultural differences in the dimensions of self-reported anger in Indigenous and non-Indigenous (Caucasian) students aged 10-13 years in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Multidimensional School Anger Inventory-Revised (MSAI-R) (Boman, Curtis, Furlong, & Smith, 2006) was used to measure affective,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Pilot Projects, Cultural Differences
Forgasz, Helen J.; Leder, Gilah C.; Halliday, Jennifer – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
"Make It Count" was a large scale, government-funded, project aimed at improving the mathematics learning of Indigenous students. NAPLAN Numeracy test results were used as one measure of the effect of the program. In this paper we report on the performance on these tests of Indigenous students in schools involved in the project. Group…
Descriptors: Computation, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
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