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Thomas, Jan; Muchatuta, Michelle; Wood, Leigh – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
This article investigates enrolment trends in mathematical sciences in Australian universities. Data has been difficult to extract and the coding for mathematical disciplines has made investigation challenging. We show that the number of mathematics major undergraduates in Australia is steadily declining though the number studying…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, College Science, Enrollment Trends
Lublin, Jacqueline, Ed. – 1984
Education, training, and employment are addressed in 33 papers from a 1984 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. Papers are grouped in the main categories of professional education and the influence of industry, course development for vocationalism, teachers and teaching, learners and learning, higher…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs
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Blake, Trevor; Cock, Peter – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1987
Examines the tensions between the development of a holistic understanding of the diverse relations linking people and environments and the more dominant, technocratic orientation of environmental studies programs in higher education. Describes how the graduate environmental science program at Monash University (Australia) has dealt with these…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Educational Philosophy
Herrington, Tony; Herrington, Jan – Information Science Publishing, 2006
As greater accountability in higher education grows, authentic learning has found a prominent place in the education agenda. Technology continues to open up possibilities for innovative and effective learning opportunities, and students and teachers are no longer happy to accept familiar classroom-based pedagogies that rely on content delivery and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Student Centered Curriculum, Graduate Study