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Borg, Tracey – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
This paper presents findings from a larger, qualitative study that explored the potential of a school-based teacher community of practice as a model for a transformative form of teacher professional development. This paper reports on initial findings from a grounded theory exploration of the factors that facilitated and constrained the evolution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Change, Grounded Theory
Graham, Carroll – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
With the greying of the Australian population, it has been widely recognised that active career development for early career academics is essential to the future capacities of universities (Hugo, Daysh, Morris & Rudd, 2004). However, the same has not been acknowledged for general staff, despite general staff comprising more than 50% of staff…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Professional Development, Career Development
Muwanga-Zake, Johnnie Wycliffe Frank – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2008
The proliferations of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and an increase in the number of external students and of the digital youth have put considerable pressure upon university staff to adopt ICT in their pedagogy. However, these challenges that include ICT technical skills and pedagogy require staff to continuously engage in…
Descriptors: Workshops, Information Technology, Professional Development, Educational Technology
Seagren, Alan T.; Creswell, John W. – 1985
Management tasks of department chairs and their perceived needs for staff development were studied in Australian Colleges of Advanced Education (CAE), U.S. state colleges, and a U.S. university. Data were obtained from 679 Australian and 98 U.S. department heads, using similar instruments developed by the Nebraska-Lincoln Task Force on Management…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Comparative Education, Department Heads, Foreign Countries

Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1989
This paper discusses the need, principles, types, and evaluation of professional development programs as a stimulus document for the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Council meeting. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Education, Mathematics Education
Sohler, Cathy; And Others – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1992
The staff development program at the University of New South Wales (Australia) differs from traditional university programs in that it integrates professional development activities for both general and academic staff. The Professional Development Centre operates as an academic unit and performs both teaching and research functions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Administration, College Faculty, Departments
Parer, Michael S.; Benson, Robyn – 1988
This project had three goals: (1) to seek out the policies and practices currently in place to prepare academic teaching staff to develop, write, and teach in distance education; (2) to identify effective professional preparation and staff development practices for distance education currently in use in Australian postsecondary institutions; and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries

Harris, Roger – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1982
Suggests several areas in Australian adult education and training where a competency-based educational model would have application. Areas include the professional development of staff in educational institutions and industrial training establishments, training of educational administrators, vocational training of college students, and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, College Students, Competency Based Education
Lloyd, Margaret; Cochrane, Janet – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
Professional development for teachers is often described as a journey. This paper, using the findings from a small-scale study interrogating professional development in ICT, offers the alternate metaphor of an interwoven Celtic knot to explain this phenomenon. It will show how the four key elements identified as being critical to creating the most…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Information Technology, Staff Development, Professional Development
Ryan, Anthony S., Ed.; Tkacz, Michael, Ed. – 1980
This review is presented as a supplement to the main report of the Western Australia State Inquiry into Teacher Educaton. Since most of the information included was obtained directly from primary sources, little of it is available elsewhere. Much of this information could well be of value to the institutions for their own analysis and planning,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Course Content, Course Organization
Hayden, Jacqueline – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series provides staff management strategies for directors and others involved with the management of early childhood settings and suggests ways to effectively delegate authority and tasks in order to reduce administrative pressures and workload. The booklet presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Day Care, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Fletcher, Richard – 1999
Emphasizing the importance of involving educators, parents, and both male and female students in improving schools' treatment of boys, this manual is designed to assist schools in improving secondary education for boys in Australia. The manual presents a six-step strategy for enhancing boys' education that obtains support from teachers, ensures…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Benchmarking, Change Strategies
Souleles, Nicos – E-Learning, 2005
E-learning is part of the wider debate on the changing role of higher education (HE). It is associated with the agenda on graduate employability and competencies for the knowledge economy (KE). Policy documents make explicit that participation in the KE is congruent with the acquisition of meta-skills. The role of HE is to provide for these…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Rhetoric, Employment Potential, Staff Development
Fordham, Adrian; Ainley, John – 1980
This report deals with the development of a methodology with which Australian TAFE (Technical and Further Education) authorities, institutions, and staff could evaluate staff development programs and activities. It focuses on two programs that reflect the diversity in program organization and major emphases adopted--South Australian Department of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, Colleges, Data Analysis
Fleet, Alma; Clyde, Margaret – 1995
This book is intended to provide early childhood staff members with an understanding and appreciation of the constraints and possibilities of child care settings, and to discuss the knowledge and skills that are needed to be effective professionals. Through short scenarios extracted from the work diaries of Australian early childhood staff, the…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Case Studies, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
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