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Van der Klink, Marcel; Kools, Quinta; Avissar, Gilada; White, Simone; Sakata, Tetsuhito – Professional Development in Education, 2017
The attention being devoted to teacher educators as professionals and their professional development is unquestionably increasing. Whilst much of that attention is being directed at teacher educators in different countries, international comparisons have been quite rare to date. The research question addressed in this study was: "Do…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, International Studies, Comparative Analysis
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Masters, Jennifer; Grogan, Leanne – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
This paper highlights the similarities and differences of seven nature kindergarten programmes in Australia and New Zealand. The study targeted three programmes from New Zealand and four from Australia. Participant observations and semi-structured interviews were used to build a profile of each site. The profiles were compared on factors such as…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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O'Neill, Maureen M.; Calder, Angela A.; Hinz, Beverley – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This paper emerged from a larger project about Australian high performance school age athletes self-identified problems in balancing their academic and sporting lives. Teachers of student-athletes are ideally placed to observe stresses faced by these students, but little is published about teacher perspectives on this topic. A qualitative analysis…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Athletes, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research
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Wimshurst, Kerry; Manning, Matthew – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Little research has been undertaken on student experiences of combined degrees. The few studies report that a considerable number of students experienced difficulty with the contrasting epistemic/disciplinary demands of the component programmes. A mixed-methods approach was employed to explore the experiences of graduates from four double degrees…
Descriptors: Criminology, Dual Enrollment, Mixed Methods Research, Epistemology
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Shams, Farshid; Huisman, Jeroen – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Past research revealed that International Branch Campuses (IBCs) are simultaneously under two types of isomorphic pressures. On the one hand, they are obliged to conform to the institutions of their host countries, which lead them towards homogenising with the local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), hence deviate from their parent unit's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Role, Multicampus Colleges, Colleges
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Hall, Melinda; Pascoe, Deborah; Charity, Megan – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2017
Exercise and Sports Science (E&SS) programs at Federation University Australia provide work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for students to develop, apply and consolidate theoretical knowledge in the workplace. This study aimed to determine the influence of WIL experiences on achieving common graduate attributes for E&SS students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exercise, Athletics, Semi Structured Interviews
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Chalmers, Caitlin; Campbell, Marilyn Anne; Spears, Barbara A; Butler, Des; Cross, Donna; Slee, Phillip; Kift, Sally – Educational Research, 2016
Background: Despite decades of research, bullying in all its forms is still a significant problem within schools in Australia, as it is internationally. Anti-bullying policies and guidelines are thought to be one strategy as part of a whole school approach to reduce bullying. However, although Australian schools are required to have these…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Policy, Computer Mediated Communication, Policy Formation
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Naylor, Dawn A.; Campbell-Evans, Glenda; Maloney, Maloney – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Taking a sociocultural approach to understanding the phenomenon of learning to teach, this study examined the extent to which seven pre-service teachers, in their final year of a Bachelor of Education course in a regional Australian university campus, identified personal, professional and contextual aspects as significant influences on learning to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Meleta, Fufa E.; Zhang, Weizhong – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The main objective of this study is to compare the process of the senior secondary school mathematics curricula development in Ethiopia and Australia. The study was investigated qualitatively with document analysis and semi-structured interview research methods. The documents were collected from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Mathematics
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Graham, Carroll; Regan, Julie-Anne – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This paper reports on the second stage of a comparative study between two higher education institutions: one in Australia and the other in the United Kingdom, which explored the contributions of professional staff to student outcomes. The first stage acted as a scoping exercise to ascertain how the contributions of professional staff to student…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel
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Jessup, Glenda; Bundy, Anita C.; Broom, Alex; Hancock, Nicola – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2018
Introduction: This study compares the experiences of high school students with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) in and out of school. Methods: Twelve visually impaired high school students completed the same in-the-moment survey seven times daily for seven consecutive days. The frequencies of their activities,…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Visual Impairments, Social Isolation, High School Students
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Wright, Jan; Cruickshank, Ken; Black, Stephen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2018
Much of the literature on social class and language study in schools argues that for middle-class parents and their children, languages are chosen for their capacity to offer forms of distinction that provide an edge in the global labour market. In this paper, we draw on data collected from interviews with parents and children in middle-class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Middle Class, Middle Class Culture
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Laitinen, Ilpo; Stenvall, Jari – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This article discusses what kinds of organisational and change processes take place when shifting to customer-oriented service concept, here called "third generation services". Our interest lies in the learning process that produces the development of services in cities and regions in new ways and how to develop services in practice so…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Health Services, Organizational Change
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Burden, Kevin; Aubusson, Peter; Brindley, Sue; Schuck, Sandy – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
Recent research in teacher education futures has identified two themes that require further study: the changing nature of knowledge and the changing capabilities of technologies. This article examines the intersection of these two themes and their implications for teacher education. The research employed futures methodologies based on scenario…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Huong, Le; Koo, Fung Kuen; Arambewela, Rodney; Zutshi, Ambika – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine Vietnamese international students' experiences with the campus learning environment by analysing differences in staff and student perceptions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Two focus groups (n = 12) and ten in-depth interviews were conducted with Vietnamese students and four in-depth interviews with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Vietnamese People, Teaching Skills, Foreign Students
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