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Critical Studies in Education, 2011
On 11 and 12 October 2010, the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education held its second annual "Student Equity in Higher Education National Conference" in Melbourne, Australia. The conference theme was "Aspiration, Mobility, Voice". During the conference the three keynote speakers--Gareth Parry (University of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Higher Education, Aspiration, Foreign Countries
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Walker, W. G. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1989
Presents the first William Walker Oration given to the the New England Association for Educational Administration in Armidale, Australia. Following a history of the establishment of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, the role of leadership in the education system is described; particularly the transformational leadership. (22…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Kember, David; Mezger, Ross – Distance Education, 1990
Discussion of staff development in distance education focuses on the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) for developing instructional design skills in subject experts. Contingency theories of management are examined, literature on CBAM is reviewed, and use of CBAM in a course team approach for course development is described. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Contingency Management, Cooperative Planning
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Lindsay, Katherine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2004
The aim of this paper is to critique the dichotomy between the legal regulation of disability discrimination in Australia, particularly in the State of New South Wales, and inclusion policy as espoused by public education authorities. It is argued that the law and inclusion policy are aiming at different outcomes. As a result, through legal…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Public Education
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Evelyn, Debra – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2004
Experimental narrative forms of writing research can offer empowering representations for adult education and feminist researchers. This article presents a selection of academic storytelling in the form of scanned transcript poems or "Learning stories," produced through interviews with women who participated in a special access program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Research, Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse