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Filipi, Anna; Nguyen, Minh Hue; Berry, Amanda – TESOL in Context, 2022
The recent implementation of The Victorian Curriculum F-10: EAL requires content teachers who teach EAL students to be familiar with the revised EAL curriculum for the purposes of planning and developing approaches to assist learners' development in English. In the literature and in curriculum frameworks, word knowledge is considered an important…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Vale, Colleen; Roche, Anne; Cheeseman, Jill; Gervasoni, Ann; Livy, Sharyn; Downton, Ann – School Leadership & Management, 2023
Leading school mathematics is a complex task and the responsibilities and activities involved are not always clearly defined. School mathematics leaders (SML) in Australian schools are often expected to lead improvement in mathematics teaching and learning. Previous research typically focuses on the qualities of effective leaders rather than the…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Barton, Georgina M.; Baguley, Margaret; Kerby, Martin; MacDonald, Abbey – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Effective assessment design and subsequent assessment practices are essential for student success in the higher education sector. A plethora of research on assessment in higher education exists which tends to focus primarily on the student experience. This paper shares results from a 3 phased study that explored staff perceptions related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teacher Education
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McGinn, Kelly; Young, Laura; Booth, Julie – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
Self-explanation prompts are questions that encourage students to explain their reasoning. In this article Kelly, Laura and Julie explain the benefits of using self-explanation prompts for teachers, describe how they align with the Australian Curriculum, and provide instructions for creating them.
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
McGinn, Kelly; Young, Laura; Booth, Julie – Grantee Submission, 2019
Research shows that students benefit when they explain their mathematical reasoning (e.g., Booth et al., 2015); however, not all students will do this on their own without being prompted (Berthold, Eysink, & Renkl, 2009). Self-explanation prompts are questions posed to a student that encourage the student to explain what they have learned…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Bouterakos, M.; Booth, A.; Khokhar, D.; West, M.; Margerison, C.; Campbell, K. J.; Nowson, C. A.; Grimes, C. A. – Health Education Research, 2020
This study explored the views of participants who completed a 5-week, online, interactive, family-based, salt reduction education program (Digital Education to LImit Salt in the Home). A secondary aim was to explore the views of school staff on the delivery of food and nutrition education in schools. Children aged 7-10 years, their parents and…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Barwood, Donna; Spears, Lachlan T.; O'Hara, Eibhlish; Penney, Dawn – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: In Australia, Initial Teacher Education Institutions (ITEIs) provide undergraduate Health and Physical (HPE) programmes that meet a number of regulatory requirements, including those of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). In addition, ITEIs…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Health Education
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Sue Creagh; Skye Playsted; Anna Hogan; Tae-Hee Choi; Bob Lingard – TESOL in Context, 2023
Privatisation and commercialisation in education encompass a range of interrelated practices, including the outsourcing of educational services as well as increased reliance on commercially produced resources for the delivery of learning and assessment. An increase in these practices has accompanied the shift from centralised systemic management…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Hardy, Ian – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2019
This article reveals the multiple ways in which data are constituted as a vehicle for governing teachers' work and learning. Drawing on the concept of governance, including in relation to the sociology of numbers, and data from one school in Queensland, Australia, the research reveals how teachers' work and learning were constituted through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Educational Objectives, Alignment (Education)
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Cruickshank, Vaughan – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
Young children often seek acceptance and warmth from their teachers in the form of physical contact. However, this expectation can create fear and uncertainty for male teachers who are unsure of what is, and is not, appropriate physical contact for a man to make with their young students. This paper builds on previous research by ascertaining male…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Males, Teacher Attitudes
Smaill, Esther; Darr, Charles – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of "The New Zealand Curriculum" (Ministry of Education, 2007) (NZC). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Alignment (Education), Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
Anne-Coleman Webre – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This dissertation explores sociocultural factors which influence the choices of language teacher educators deciding what to include in coursework and programs. The term "curricularizing" is used to describe the complex process of selecting, planning, and delivering teacher education content. Conflicting social values create dilemmas for…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning
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Pather, Nalini; Blyth, Phil; Chapman, Jamie A.; Dayal, Manisha R.; Flack, Natasha A.M.S.; Fogg, Quentin A.; Green, Rodney A.; Hulme, Anneliese K.; Johnson, Ian P.; Meyer, Amanda J.; Morley, John W.; Shortland, Peter J.; Štrkalj, Goran; Štrkalj, Mirjana; Valter, Krisztina; Webb, Alexandra L.; Woodley, Stephanie J.; Lazarus, Michelle D. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Australian and New Zealand universities commenced a new academic year in February/March 2020 largely with "business as usual." The subsequent Covid-19 pandemic imposed unexpected disruptions to anatomical educational practice. Rapid change occurred due to government-imposed physical distancing regulations from March 2020 that…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Science Instruction, Educational Practices, Disease Incidence
Smaill, Esther; Darr, Charles – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps (or hinders)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Program Development
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Acuña, Tina Botwright; McDonald, Glenn; Kelder, Jo-Anne; Able, Amanda J. – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2016
The national Learning and Teaching Academics Standards Statement for Agriculture (AgLTAS) defines the nature and extent of the discipline and provides a set of Threshold Learning Outcome statements (TLOs) that define what a graduate should know, understand and be able to do on graduation. The Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture have…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Outcomes of Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
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