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Nyland, Berenice; Ng, Josephine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article explores early childhood curriculum reform in Australia and Singapore in order to identify international trends in early childhood education (ECE), similarities in curriculum reform initiatives and implementation strategies adopted. We have observed the existence of many shared ideas across the two contexts that may influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Trend Analysis
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Dyment, Janet E.; Hill, Allen; Emery, Sherridan – Environmental Education Research, 2015
In this paper, we report on an investigation into sustainability education in schools in the Australian state of Tasmania following the implementation of the Australian Curriculum. Sustainability is one of three cross-curriculum priorities in the new national curriculum and is the focus of this research (sustainability cross-curriculum priority…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Environmental Education, National Curriculum
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Rhea, Zane Ma – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2012
This paper reports on research conducted in the first mainstream school in Australia being guided by Buddhist philosophy. It focuses on a group of teachers, examining the impact of Buddhism on their teaching, exploring the challenge for them of bringing together their professional knowledge with Buddhist worldview. The major conclusion is that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Buddhism
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Cawley, Rosemary – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The Western Australian schooling system is in the final phase of the move towards Outcomes Based Education with the Post Compulsory Geography Course of Study commencing in 2007. This move has been somewhat controversial amongst politicians, teachers and parent groups, partly because of the negative press Outcomes Based Education has received in…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Methods
Lambert, Beverley, Ed. – 1992
This collection of 14 essays addresses the changes and challenges that the early childhood education profession in Australia has faced in recent years, and covers a wide range of important issues of particular relevance to the preparation of early childhood professionals. The essays are: (1) "The Changing Ecology of Australian Childhood"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Vialle, Wilma, Ed.; Geake, John, Ed. – 2002
Twenty-one research articles originally published in the "Australasian Journal of Gifted Education" over the past decade are collected in this book and address aspects of gifted education including pedagogy and curriculum, policy and practice, social and emotional needs, school and family, neuropsychology and cognition, and special…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Educational Policy