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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Online Learning: Fostering Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Capabilities in Mathematical Modelling
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Geiger, Vince; Mulligan, Joanne; Date-Huxtable, Liz; Ahlip, Rehez; Jones, D. Heath; May, E. Julian; Rylands, Leanne; Wright, Ian – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
In this article we describe and evaluate processes utilized to develop an online learning module on mathematical modelling for pre-service teachers. The module development process involved a range of professionals working within the STEM disciplines including mathematics and science educators, mathematicians, scientists, in-service and pre-service…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Online Courses, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction
Designing Online Learning for Developing Pre-Service Teachers' Capabilities in Mathematical Modelling and Applications
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Geiger, Vince; Date-Huxtable, Liz; Ahlip, Rehez; Herberstein, Marie; Jones, D. Heath; May, E. Julian; Rylands, Leanne; Wright, Ian; Mulligan, Joanne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to describe the processes utilised to develop an online learning module within the Opening Real Science (ORS) project--"Modelling the present: Predicting the future." The module was realised through an interdisciplinary collaboration, among mathematicians, scientists and mathematics and science educators that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Preservice Teachers
Information Literacy at University: A Toolkit for Readiness and Measuring Impact
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Hulett, Heather; Corbin, Jenny; Karasmanis, Sharon; Robertson, Tracy; Salisbury, Fiona; Peseta, Tai – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2013
La Trobe University Library has embarked on an institution-wide project with the objective of enabling students to engage with scholarly and credible information from the first year. This initiative by the library is in response to La Trobe curriculum reform. In particular, it aligns information literacy with the inquiry/research graduate…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Guidelines, Academic Libraries, Program Effectiveness
Undergraduate Information Literacy: A Teaching Framework
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McPherson, Karen – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
In this paper, a framework for the teaching of undergraduate information literacy is proposed. This framework has been developed as a major outcome of the author's PhD research into information literacy issues in general, and an aspect of literacy--information retrieval--in particular. Literature from two disciplines was reviewed as background to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Retrieval, Cognitive Psychology, Learning Theories
What Counts As Mathematics?: Technologies of Power in Adult and Vocational Education. Mathematics Education Library.
Fitzsimons, Gail E. – 2002
This book, aimed at mathematics and vocational educators and researchers, analyzes the historical, sociological, and practical elements of mathematics within vocational education against the emerging impact of technology. Focus is on the current situation of mathematics within Australian vocational and technical education and how that might be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cultural Images, Developed Nations
Developments in Australia's Vocational Education and Training System.
Robinson, Chris – 2000
Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system and nationally funded technical and further education colleges were established in the 1970s. In the 1980s, traineeships complementing traditional apprenticeships and competency-based training were instituted. An industry-led training system was established in the 1990s. Total VET…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adjustment (to Environment)