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Hudson, Suzanne M.; Hudson, Peter; Weatherby-Fell, Noelene L.; Shipway, Brad – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) were devised to identify the attributes, skills and practices required of teachers at various career stages. This study investigates final-year preservice teachers' self-reported confidence against the APST at the graduate career stage. This mixed-method study used a Likert scale survey and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, College Seniors, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
Watson, Jane; Callingham, Rosemary – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
This paper considers the responses of 26 teachers to items exploring their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about the concept of average. The items explored teachers' knowledge of average, their planning of a unit on average, and their understanding of students as learners in devising remediation for two student responses to a problem. Results…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level
Hurst, Chris – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This paper reports on one phase of a long-term project investigating mathematical content knowledge of pre-service teachers. A cohort of second year PSTs conducted a diagnostic assessment and a series of associated tutoring sessions with a primary aged child. The focus here is on the PSTs' ability to make appropriate task choices following the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Diagnostic Teaching, Minimum Competency Testing, Instructional Material Evaluation
Cooke, Audrey – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
It is essential that pre-service teacher educators address pre-service teacher numeracy but with careful consideration as it incorporates more than mathematics skills. Numeracy also involves disposition towards mathematics--attitudes, confidence and mathematics anxiety; that is, the level of willingness to use mathematics skills. As part of an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Numeracy, Knowledge Level
Matthews, Kelly E.; Hodgson, Yvonne; Varsavsky, Cristina – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
There is international agreement that quantitative skills (QS) are an essential graduate competence in science. QS refer to the application of mathematical and statistical thinking and reasoning in science. This study reports on the use of the Science Students Skills Inventory to capture final year science students' perceptions of their QS across…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Performance Factors, Statistical Analysis, Skill Development
Vilkinas, Tricia; Ladyshewsky, Richard K. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on leadership behaviour and effectiveness of university academic program directors who have responsibility for managing a program or course of study. The leadership capabilities were assessed using the Integrated Competing Values Framework as its theoretical foundation. Data from 90 academic program directors and 710…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Administrator Behavior
Clement, Tim; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Front-line managers of supported accommodation for people with intellectual disability are assumed to have a key role in the realisation of outcomes for service users. Yet, their job has been little researched. A job analysis from Minnesota that identified 142 competencies required of effective front-line managers was used to examine…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Job Analysis, Foreign Countries, Management Development
Koder, Deborah-Anne; Klahr, Amanda – Educational Gerontology, 2010
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most commonly used instruments to screen for cognitive deficits within the hospital setting. However training in how to administer this widely used tool is scarce with little, if any, formal training for nursing staff. Scores are also often misused with over reliance on results and cut-offs to…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Dementia, Knowledge Level