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Mi An; Reia Tanaka; Naho Hirota; Takehiro Sasai; Hideki Takahashi; Yuuya Ogawa; Shizuko Horai; Mayumi Inoue; Randeep Rakwal; Toshihiro Kato – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Purpose: Adapted physical activity (APA) provides children and youth with disabilities more opportunities to be physically active. Nevertheless, it is not well known how APA implementation in different services has benefited them. This study reviews the existing literature on APA interventions to identify characteristics and program descriptions,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Disabilities, Children
Stoltz, Kevin B., Ed.; Barclay, Susan R., Ed. – National Career Development Association, 2019
National Career Development Association (NCDA) is excited to release the re-imagined 7th edition of their influential guide to career assessment. Re-conceptualized and renamed to "A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment," the "Guide" contains important information career counselors, educators, and practitioners will find…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, Evaluation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
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Heggart, Keith – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
Previous scholarship has outlined possible models of civics education but have neglected to provide frameworks for evaluation of the way such educative programs contribute to ongoing active citizenship amongst the participants. This paper explicates a framework that can be used to analyse how effectively programs are developing active citizenship…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Citizenship, Civics, Citizen Participation
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Tognolini, J.; And Others – Australian Journal of Education, 1994
A procedure for identifying performance indicators of university research attainment are presented, and definitional issues concerning these indicators are examined. The model, developed at the University of Western Australia, is seen as allowing for both diversity and comparability across the institution. It is stressed that an underlying…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
White, Peter B., Ed. – 1983
This 206-item annotated bibliography focuses on projects which place the use of new communications technologies within an educational planning framework and which acknowledge the need for communications satellites to be considered as part of a total telecommunications system. Though citations included relate primarily to the uses of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Distance Education, Educational Planning, Educational Technology
James, Pauline; St. Leger, Pam; Ward, Kevin – 2001
The objective of the Australian Commonwealth's Full Service Schools (FSS) Program has been to provide additional support to schools to develop innovative programs and arrangements that address the specific needs of students who are considered at risk of not completing Year 12 to a satisfactory level. The target group has been students primarily 16…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
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Bain, Alan; And Others – Educational Studies, 1991
Discusses a study of the effects of a schoolwide behavior management program on Australian elementary school teachers' use of encouragement. Concludes that, although teacher encouragement of students increased during the program, encouragement levels reduced following the intervention's withdrawal. Calls for further research into the effects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Fairbairn, Kerry – 1982
This report discusses issues having a major impact on "Study Talk," the Queensland component of an Australian language development project. After first outlining the procedures and organizational structures used to set up and conduct "Study Talk," the report briefly describes methods used to evaluate project operations and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Improvement, Language Acquisition
Guthrie, Hugh – 1988
Intended for policymakers, administrators, and others involved in determining how the efficiency and effectiveness of technical and further education (TAFE) should be measured, this monograph contains the following sections: (1) "Introduction," including a explanation of the origins of the push for performance indicators and the response…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Ryan, R. J. – Unicorn, Bulletin of the Australian College of Education, 1987
Describes the Australian Traineeship System (ATS), a program integrating formal education and employment designed to increase options for dropouts. Discusses problems involving the centrality of ATS's educational component and implementation of a program evaluation strategy. Includes two references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Elkins, John – Exceptional Child, 1987
The paper discusses early research on evaluating services for Australian disabled persons, the Schonell Evaluation Procedure (SEP) developed for use in Activity Therapy Centres (adult continuing education programs), the modification of SEP for use in special schools for children, and emergent and unmet needs for evaluating adult special education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Continuing Education Centers, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Thomas, Ian G. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
Described is the evaluation of the Master of Environmental Science program at Monash University (Australia). The design of the evaluation is discussed, and the use of multiple sources of data and an innovative style are highlighted. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Conservation (Environment), Educational Assessment, Environmental Education
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Fulmer, Alison; Jenkins, Heather Inch – Higher Education Research and Development, 1992
A 13-week developmental studies course offered at an Australian college and designed to help disadvantaged women make the transition to higher education, focused on both academic and nonacademic requirements for successful college study. Participants experienced significant changes in styles of learning and decision making. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Cognitive Style, Decision Making
Powles, Margaret – 1993
This paper presents results from the first phase of a longitudinal study of the Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry) Scheme, a recent government initiative under which graduate students receive grants to conduct projects for Masters or PhD degrees, supervised jointly by university and industry partners. The study involved national surveys of…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Logan, Lloyd; Sachs, Judyth – 1988
Drawing on evidence from literature on professional development of teachers in Australia, this document discusses the essential aspects of inservice education and provides a checklist, with illustrative applications, by which to design and evaluate inservice education proposals. The checklist is based on four sets of assumptions relating to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Check Lists, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
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