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Direct linkButt, Rosemary – School Leadership & Management, 2016
Reliance on teacher assistants (TAs) in mainstream schools to support students with disability and learning difficulties is an increasing trend in Australia. In 2011, over 80,000 TAs were employed costing approximately $3billion per annum [DEEWR. 2012. Job Outlook. Accessed June 2013. http://joboutlook.gov.au/default.aspx]. This paper reports on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Aides, Personnel Management, Work Environment
Giangreco, Michael F. – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2013
In this article, I summarise the primary content included in a keynote address I delivered via videoconferencing in July 2012 at the national conference of the "Australian Association of Special Education", held jointly with the annual conference of the "Tasmanian Principals Association" in Hobart, Tasmania. The address focused…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Foreign Countries, Special Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Download full textStephenson, Jennifer; Carter, Mark – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
Although teacher aides are often employed in schools to provide support for students with disabilities and special education needs, there is limited Australian research on their work and employer expectations. This article provides an analysis of advertisements for teacher aide positions, and compares the content of advertisements with role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Aides, Occupational Information, Staff Role
Watts, Liz; Brennan, Sharon; Phelps, Renata – Australian Educational Computing, 2012
iPads have only been on the market since April 2010 but have rapidly gained great attention within educational communities. While their potential to support teaching and learning has been advocated by many, as yet little empirical research has been released on their application in primary and secondary classrooms. This paper reports on an action…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Disabilities
Saide, Tom, Ed. – 1983
Thirty-eight projects designed to improve educational opportunities of rural Queensland children were initiated in 1977 and funded through the Disadvantaged Schools Program; the program was renamed the Country Area Program and made a permanent School Commission program in 1982. The program resulted from a 1977-79 Schools Commission report…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Counseling, Correspondence Study, Cultural Enrichment
Fowler, C. F.; Peters, J. E. – 1980
Thirty-two projects designed to improve educational opportunities of rural Queensland children were funded as part of the Disadvantaged Schools Program in 1979 and 1980. This program resulted from a 1977-79 Schools Commission report which suggested that students in country areas may be disadvantaged compared to urban dwellers, with respect to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Counseling, Correspondence Study, Cultural Enrichment
