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Hardy, Ian; Edwards-Groves, Christine – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This paper reveals the significant historical traces which informed the learning practices of teachers at one particular school site in a rural and regional educational district in Australia. Drawing upon recent theorising into professional practice, the paper argues that teacher learning practices are intrinsically "ecologically"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Professional Development, School Districts
Hudson, Peter; Hudson, Sue – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Australia has delineated a new direction for teacher education by embedding mentoring programs for teachers who support early-careers teachers as a system approach. This case study investigated how mentors after involvement in a mentoring professional learning program focused on goal setting with beginning teachers in their schools. Data were…
Descriptors: Mentors, Goal Orientation, Beginning Teachers, Foreign Countries
Arunasalam, Nirmala Devi – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2016
This study investigated outcomes of the provision, by one Australian and two U.K. universities, of bridging programs that allow registered Malaysian nurses to upgrade their diploma qualifications to degree level. The study was informed by current literature on Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) programs. Not sufficiently explored in the…
Descriptors: International Education, Longitudinal Studies, Nurses, Foreign Countries
Jefferson-Buchanan, Rachael – Education 3-13, 2016
Over the last 20 years or more, a plethora of movement programmes have been adopted within primary physical education in the UK and across Australia. One particular programme, Fundamental Movement Skills (STEPS Professional Development), became of interest to the researcher during her dual role as the UK Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS)…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Content Analysis
Rynne, Steven – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
A recent development in large-scale coach accreditation (certification) structures has been the "fast tracking" of former elite athletes. Former elite athletes are often exempted from entry-level qualifications and are generally granted access to fast track courses that are shortened versions of the accreditation courses undertaken by…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Social Capital, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
Campana, Joe – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
Informal learning networks play a key role in the skill and professional development of professionals, working in micro-businesses within Australia's digital media industry, as they do not have access to learning and development or human resources sections that can assist in mapping their learning pathway. Professionals working in this environment…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Semi Structured Interviews, Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel
Sharplin, Erica J.; Stahl, Garth; Kehrwald, Ben – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This article reports on pre-service teachers' experience of the Real-Time Coaching model, an innovative technology-based approach to teacher training. The Real-Time Coaching model uses multiple feedback cycles via wireless technology to develop within pre-service teachers the specific skills and mindset toward continual improvement. Results of…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Preservice Teachers, Technology Uses in Education, Feedback (Response)
"It's More than Stick and Rudder Skills": An Aviation Professional Development Community of Practice
Bates, P.; O'Brien, W. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
In Australian higher education institutions, benchmarks have been directed at developing key competencies and attributes to facilitate students' transition into the workforce. However, for those students whose degree has a specific vocational focus, it is also necessary for them to commence their professional development whilst undergraduates.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Communities of Practice
Brownlee, Joanne Lunn; Sumsion, Jennifer; Irvine, Susan; Berthelsen, Donna; Farrell, Ann; Walsh, Kerryann; Ryan, Sharon; Mulhearn, Gerry – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
This article builds on our ongoing work in conceptualising an "evaluative stance" framework to assist in understanding how leaders in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) make decisions about the selection of professional development options for themselves and their staff. It introduces the notion that evaluative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Decision Making, Professional Development
Handal, Boris; Watson, Kevin; Maher, Marguerite – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2015
This paper explores mathematics teachers' perceptions about class size and the impact class size has on teaching and learning in secondary mathematics classrooms. It seeks to understand teachers' views about optimal class sizes and their thoughts about the education variables that influence these views. The paper draws on questionnaire responses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Brown, Mike – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
This study analyses how one Victorian regional TAFE Institute is working towards understanding and contributing to skill formation for the green economy. While we already know that the provision of vocational education and training in regional areas contributes to regional innovation and development (Kilpatrick, Johns and Rosenblatt, 2000; Gelade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Climate, Economic Development
McLean, Fiona M.; Dixon, Roselyn M.; Verenikina, Irina – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2014
Teachers in isolated schools are often under-resourced and overwhelmed with additional pressures. Teaching in an isolated community can sometimes challenge teachers' skills and knowledge, particularly when additional pressures such as behavioural issues associated with students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) like behaviours are present.…
Descriptors: Geographic Isolation, Social Networks, Teacher Associations, Professional Development
Soong, Hannah – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Anecdotal evidence suggests that pre-service teachers who have volunteered in schools demonstrate greater awareness of the general operational aspects of a school and, thus, are better prepared for the teaching practicum. However, there is little documented evidence about the cross-cultural challenges of international pre-service teachers…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Volunteers, Professional Development, Foreign Students
Keevers, Lynne; Lefoe, Geraldine; Leask, Betty; Sultan, Fauziah K. P. Dawood; Ganesharatnam, Sumitha; Loh, Vincent; Lim, Jane See Yin – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Significant changes have occurred in the international education landscape driven by the need for access to higher education in developing countries. One response to this situation has been the provision of higher education in the developing country via partnership arrangements with overseas institutions. Rapid growth in transnational programmes…
Descriptors: International Education, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education
Kosnik, Clare; Menna, Lydia; Dharamshi, Pooja; Miyata, Cathy; Cleovoulou, Yiola; Beck, Clive – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
This paper reports on a research study of 28 literacy teacher educators (LTE) in four countries: Canada, the USA, England and Australia. It identifies three main forms of professional development: informal, formal and communities of practice and four spheres of knowledge: research; pedagogy of higher education; literacy and literacy teaching; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Professional Development, Teacher Educators
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