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Gender Differences in the Australian Undergraduate STEM Student Experience: A Systematic Review
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Fisher, Camilla R.; Thompson, Christopher D.; Brookes, Rowan H. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
In Australia, the number of female graduates in some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines is as low as 15%. Previous reviews exploring the issues affecting female undergraduate STEM students are primarily based in North America and there is yet to be an Australian focused review. This review identifies the factors…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Educational Research
School-Based Indigenous Cultural Programs and Their Impact on Australian Indigenous Students: A Systematic Review.
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Lowe, Kevin; Tennent, Christine; Moodie, Nikki; Guenther, John; Burgess, Cathie – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This critical systematic review of Australian research literature provides insights into the aspirations of Indigenous communities to collaborate with schools in establishing local Indigenous language and cultural programmes. This systematic review investigates the body of Australian research into the cultural, social and educational impacts on…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Pacific Islanders
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth with Disabilities: A Meta-Synthesis
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Duke, Thomas Scott – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2011
This meta-synthesis of empirical and nonempirical literature analyzed 24 journal articles and book chapters that addressed the intersection of disability, [homo]sexuality, and gender identity/expression in P-12 schools, colleges and universities, supported living programs, and other educational and social contexts in Australia, Belgium, Canada,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Journal Articles, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
Theory and Research on Bullying and Racism from an Aboriginal Australian Perspective
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Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian; Paradies, Yin; Parada, Roberto; Denson, Nida; Priest, Naomi; Bansel, Peter – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper offers a brief review of research on the impact of bullying and racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia. The overarching emphasis was on the variety of physical, social, mental, and educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth, whilst also critiquing the prevailing…
Descriptors: Bullying, Racial Bias, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Foreign Television Programmes on New Zealand Television: Windows on the World or Wicked Imperialism?
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Lealand, Geoff – 1986
Focusing on the experience of New Zealand, this paper is a response to a 1978 essay which suggested that a study be done to compare the programming patterns of television in the developed countries of Australia and New Zealand. Significant differences between the two nations are presented, including conspicuous discrepancies in television…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Broadcast Industry, Content Analysis, Cultural Influences
New Technology and Lifelong Learning.
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Thorpe, Mary – 2000
Key issues related to the relationship between new technology and lifelong learning in the United Kingdom and elsewhere were identified through reviews of the literature on information and communications technology (ICT) and the literature on lifelong learning. Two overarching issues related to the interplay of new technology and lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education