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Rethinking Postgraduate Education in Geography: International Perspectives on Improving Practice
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Monk, Janice; Foote, Kenneth; Solem, Michael – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
This symposium brings together multi-national assessments of the current state of and challenges facing postgraduate education in geography. Contributors from Europe, Australia, South Africa and the USA identify ways in which restructuring of educational systems and wider political contexts affect programmes within the field. While highlighting…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Graduate Study, Geography, Foreign Countries
Lessons from the Future from the Future of Schools.
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Broad, Kathy – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
"The Future of Schools" (1998), by Australia's former Minister of Education Don Hayward and Professor Brian J. Caldwell, recounts the development, implementation, and early effects of a far-reaching change effort. The authors'"lessons" are undercut by insufficient data connecting the reform with improved teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
The Women's Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean: Political and Ethical Considerations.
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Chambers, Deborah; Wieneke, Christine – Australian Universities' Review, 1991
This paper raises political and ethical issues related to the 1990 establishment and continuing operation of the Women's Research Centre in Nepean (Australia). Impinging trends in higher education, local factors, and problems and successes of the first year are reviewed. A summary of seven research projects currently being conducted at the center…
Descriptors: Ethics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Political Influences