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Devlin, Marcia; Brockett, Jennifer; Nichols, Scott – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
In Australia, there has been a tendency to rely on quantitative indicators of university teaching quality. This has occurred partly because the indicators are perceived as objective and reliable and partly because they are relatively simple to gather and collate. A national project currently underway is based on the assumptions that teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment, Learner Engagement
Toner, Phillip – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
Australia's innovation capacity is, in part, reliant on its teaching workforce--to teach and promote new technologies to industry. This pilot study examines how vocational education and training (VET) teachers, in particular TAFE (technical and further education) teachers, maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge base. It also explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing, Technological Literacy, Science and Society