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Klebansky, Anna; Fraser, Sharon P. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
This paper details a conceptual framework that situates curriculum design for information literacy and lifelong learning, through a cohesive developmental information literacy based model for learning, at the core of teacher education courses at UTAS. The implementation of the framework facilitates curriculum design that systematically,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Information Literacy, Teacher Education Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
Allender, Susan Chou – 1998
A discussion of adult learners of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) with special needs draws on what has been learned in an Australian program of adult immigrant ESL education and acculturation. It summarizes research undertaken within this program to identify groups of adult learners with special needs and the learning barriers that face them,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Background
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Rennie, Leonie J.; Parker, Lesley H. – Australian Journal of Education, 1997
Reports research on a pilot project in Western Australia in which single-sex science and mathematics classes were begun in 10 coeducational secondary schools. The program involved professional development for participating teachers and systematic monitoring. Analyzes teachers' reactions to the program and major issues concerning student outcomes,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Coeducation
Birch, Gary – 1996
This paper describes a limited bilingual approach developed for Vietnamese immigrants whose formal schooling had been interrupted due to extended periods in refugee camps, and its implementation in the Milpera Special School (Queensland, Australia), a secondary school for children of Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds (NESB). The initiative was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Concept Formation, Educational Experience, Educational Strategies
Schwab, R. G. – 2001
Two innovative approaches to delivering vocational education and training (VET) in schools were examined to identify ways of helping Australia's indigenous students achieve academic success by ensuring a close cultural fit between course content and the realities of local employment opportunities. The first VET-in-School program, which was located…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Education, Course Content, Cultural Pluralism
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning