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Westacott, Marguerite – On the Horizon, 2022
Purpose: Career education and employability have become Australian university curriculum and pedagogy priorities to meet the changing world of work and federal government parameters linking higher education funding to graduate employment outcomes. This conceptual paper aims to present the hypothesis that emphasis on integrating career education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Education, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
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Bosco, Anna Maria; Ferns, Sonia – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
Contemporary perspectives of higher education endorse a work integrated learning (WIL) approach to curriculum content, delivery and assessment. It is agreed that authenticity in learning relates to real-world experience, however, differentiating and strategically linking WIL provision and facilitation to assessment tasks and collation of authentic…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Performance Based Assessment, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
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Karunaratne, Prashan Shayanka Mendis; Breyer, Yvonne A.; Wood, Leigh N. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: Economics is catering to a diverse student cohort. This cohort needs to be equipped with transformative concepts that students can integrate beyond university. When a curriculum is content-driven, threshold concepts are a useful tool in guiding curriculum re-design. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/Methodology/Approach: The…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Concept Teaching
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Marston, Jennie – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
This article by Jennie Marston provides a framework to assist you in selecting appropriate picture books to present mathematical content. Jennie demonstrates the framework by applying three specific examples of picture books to the framework along with examples of activities.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Mathematics, Picture Books
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Larkin, Theresa A.; McAndrew, Darryl J. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Changes in medical education have affected both curriculum design and delivery. Many medical schools now use integrated curricula and a systemic approach, with reduced hours of anatomy teaching. While learning anatomy via dissection is invaluable in educational, professional, and personal development, it is time intensive and supports a regional…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, Laboratory Procedures, Student Participation
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Hewege, Chandana Rathnasiri; Perera, Liyanage Chamila Roshani – Journal of International Education in Business, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness and pedagogical implications of integrating wikis into the curriculum and the subsequent learning outcomes of a group of Net-Gens who enrolled in an International Marketing course. The research problem of the study is: "What are the learning outcomes and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Collaborative Writing, Editing
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Litchfield, Andrew; Frawley, Jessica; Nettleton, Skye – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Government, employers and professional societies want university graduates who are better prepared for employment. The UTS Work-Ready Project is a curriculum renewal initiative that aims to improve graduates' professional attributes and employability skills. The paper provides an overview of the project's curriculum renewal strategy of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning Activities, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Western Sydney Inst. of TAFE, Blacktown (Australia). – 1996
This resource includes units of work developed by different practitioners that integrate the teaching of literacy with the teaching of numeracy in adult basic education. It is designed to provide models of integration for teachers to develop similar resources on different contexts or themes. The units follow slightly different formats. Unit…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Sharpe, Tina; Thompson, Julie – 1993
This package of training materials is intended for use in a professional development program for teachers of two courses in New South Wales: Human Society and the Environment and Technological and Applied Studies. The package consists of nine booklets and a course outline for each course. The first module contains the following: introduction to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools
New South Wales Dept. of Corrective Services, Sydney (Australia). – 1995
This document contains learning modules for adult basic education courses in Australia, along with teacher information for integrating curricula, using integrated themes, and planning curricula. The learning modules contain learning activities in the following areas: job search skills; occupational health and safety; life skills; ceramics;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Art Activities
Hager, Paul – 1997
Research on changes and issues in workplace learning in Australia over the past 6 years was reviewed. Special attention was paid to four topics: importance of learning in the workplace; nature of workplace learning; factors affecting the quality of workplace learning; and recognition of workplace learning. Selected findings were as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Certification, Competence