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Forbes, Fiona; Aspland, Tania – Support for Learning, 2023
This article presents new insights into the views of families regarding the educational opportunities for their children in special school settings. It reports on a study designed to capture the perspectives of families regarding the opportunities to consult and engage with teachers on the education of their child or children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Family Attitudes, Special Schools
Jongenelis, Michelle; Dixon, Helen; Scully, Maree; Morley, Belinda – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: To address concerns that healthy weight and lifestyle campaigns (HWLCs) could have unintended psychological or behavioral consequences, this study tested reactions to TV advertisements from two HWLCs--"LiveLighter"® (employs graphic health effects messaging) and "Swap It Don't Stop It" (employs animation and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Body Weight, Life Style, Health Promotion
Watts, Helen; Malliris, Makis; Billingham, Olivia – Journal of Peer Learning, 2015
Peer Assisted learning (PAL) in-class is well-established and flourishing in higher education across the globe; nevertheless, interest is growing in online versions and is reflected by a number of pilot schemes. These programs have responded to perceived and actual needs of students and institutions; they have explored the available software…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Higher Education, Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education
Ho, Siew Yin; Lowrie, Tom – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This study describes Singapore students' (N = 607) performance on a recently developed Mathematics Processing Instrument (MPI). The MPI comprised tasks sourced from Australia's NAPLAN and Singapore's PSLE. In addition, the MPI had a corresponding question which encouraged students to describe how they solved the respective tasks. In particular,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests
Ibbett, Nicole L.; Wheldon, Brett J. – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2016
In 2014 Central Queensland University (CQU) in Australia banned the use of multiple choice questions (MCQs) as an assessment tool. One of the reasons given for this decision was that MCQs provide an opportunity for students to "pass" by merely guessing their answers. The mathematical likelihood of a student passing by guessing alone can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Choice Tests, Item Banks, Guessing (Tests)
Hard, Louise; Jónsdóttir, Arna H. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
Leadership continues to be an energetically debated and contentious concept. In many contexts it elicits heated and robust discussion and illustrates a degree of disenchantment with the enactment of leadership by corporate moguls, politicians and others in positions of leadership responsibility (Wheatley, M. 2005. "Finding Our Way: Leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles
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Bank, Barbara J. – Youth and Society, 1994
Discusses U.S. and Australian research on adolescence and the factors affecting friendship. Compared with Australian students, American adolescents were found to prescribe more closeness and more assertiveness to same-sex friendships; those in private schools were more assertive and less close. Girls prescribed more closeness but had less…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
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Cocks, Errol; Ng, Pin Chee – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1983
The paper discusses an analysis of a computerized data bank on the mentally retarded population in Victoria, Australia. Prevalence rates, severity of handicap, age, sex, and residence type are reviewed and implications for community vocational and residential services for adults are noted. (CL)
Descriptors: Age, Computer Software, Incidence, Mental Retardation
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham (Australia). – 1989
The conference recorded in this document covered a wide variety of themes and consisted of keynote addresses, research presentations, and workshops. The following keynote addresses are included: "Technician Training: A New Zealand Perspective" (Wood); and "The Provision of Information Services in Vocational Education: The Present…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education, Followup Studies
Sharma, Vidya S. – 1981
A study by the Northern Territories Department of Community Development systematically and specifically identified information needs and categories of clients through a set of intellectual concepts in the fields of sport, recreation, and leisure. A survey of Australia's serials holdings was conducted to assess the country's existing information…
Descriptors: Athletics, Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks
Reischmann, Jost, Ed.; Bron, Michal, Jr., Ed.; Jelenc, Zoran, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 24 papers from the 1995 and 1998 International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) conferences. The following papers are included: "International and Comparative Adult Education" (Jost Reischmann); "Development and Fundamental Principles of International and Comparative Adult Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Comparative Analysis
Mishra, Arun K. – 1994
Education has a place of high priority on India's development agenda. The technical/vocational education (TVE) system is multisectoral with each ministry responsible for labor force development in that sector. The TVE programs in the formal education system are either state delivered or financed. The higher secondary vocational education program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Houghton, Karen; Low, Brian – 1982
Aims of this phase of a longitudinal mathematics achievement investigation were to (1) detect individual and group differences in math achievement among a sample of fourth-year children, (2) monitor changes in math skills since a 1981 math investigation, and (3) identify limits of children's understanding of mathematical concepts. (The math test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Purvis, Don – 1996
The report details results of a research project to monitor and map the literacy development of three learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) studying in an Australian English program for adult migrants. The objective was to gain a longitudinal picture of their reading and writing development over a period of nine months. Five additional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Asian Development Bank, Manila (Philippines). – 1987
The paper presented in this three-part conference report trace the growth and development of distance education in the Asian and Pacific region. Part 1 provides a general review. Part 2 contains the following case studies: "Distance Education in India" (S. P. Mullick); "Distance Education in Indonesia" (Professor Setijadi);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education
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