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Auckland, Stuart; Kilpatrick, Sue – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The paper explores the processes by which two Australian rural communities established Community Learning Plans (CLPs). It acknowledges the role of CLPs as contributors to social and economic change through influencing employment rates, income equity, social cohesion and reduction in poverty. In addressing the research question: What factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Community Characteristics, Social Capital
Barraclough, Frances; Pit, Sabrina – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to "forced innovation" in the health education industry. High-quality training of the future rural health workforce is crucial to ensure a pipeline of rural health practitioners to meet the needs of rural communities. This paper describes the implementation of an online multidisciplinary teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Education
Speering, Glen – Professional Development in Education, 2016
Professional development programmes for teachers have become an increasing focus in the quest to improve teacher quality. In regional and remote areas of Australia the delivery of professional development programmes can become problematic. This study compares and contrasts the two separate professional development programmes evaluated (Programme A…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership, Rural Areas, Geographic Regions
Hamilton-Smith, Elery; And Others – 1964
In a report of seminar proceedings, papers are presented on the formation, aims, structure, and organizational relationships of community youth clubs in rural areas of Victoria, Australia; and on the origins, structure, staffing, and overall characteristics and problems of Australian rural youth clubs. An interim group report also defines the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Development, Educational Objectives, Extension Education

Lovie-Kitchin, J. E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
A survey of the 12 major low vision clinics in Australia is reported, focusing on (1) patient characteristics; and (2) planning, organization, outreach, admission procedures, personnel, and services provided. Results showed that increased services were being provided to rural regions through satellite clinics or private optometric practices.…
Descriptors: Clinics, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Partial Vision

Loos, Colleen; Oldenburg, Brian; O'Hara, Lily – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2001
The planning of a community-based accident prevention program in a rural Queensland (Australia) community is described. The process involved the establishment of a local steering committee, data collection, presentation of findings, determination of priorities, review of the evidence, description of target group, exploration of problem and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Harland, Cliff; And Others – 1986
Because none of the traditional programs that have been introduced to provide trade and skills training in remote Aboriginal communities has produced qualified tradespersons, a project was undertaken to develop and pilot test an apprenticeship training system called the Modular Integrated Training System (MITS). Visits to remote Aboriginal…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Learning Modules
Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Summarizes outcomes of the 1994 international conference, "Issues Affecting Rural Communities," held in Townsville, Australia. The aim of the conference was to identify major issues in health, education, and community development, and to explore possibilities of applying international and interdisciplinary perspectives to the remediation…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conferences, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
McSwan, David Ian – 1992
This report describes the activities of the Rural Education Research and Development Centre at James Cook University (Queensland, Australia). The center is responsible for implementing research into rural education, training teachers to work in rural areas, and implementing projects related to rural education. The center is an academic unit…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Durston, Berry H., Ed. – 1969
These papers cover planning, organization, and administration of programs conducted by the Department of University Extension of the University of New England (New South Wales); they are concerned primarily with rural extension. The first paper reviews elements of program planning and program implementation in general. The second evaluates an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry
Victoria Education Dept. (Australia). – 1977
Cooperation, sharing, and competence are the key ideas in the Victorian Country Education Project, a pilot project to be conducted in a limited number of rural areas in Australia in an effort to overcome problems peculiar to rural schools and communities and to search for new ways to provide those schools and communities with improved educational…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Victoria Education Dept. (Australia). – 1978
The Victorian Country Education Project (CEP), a pilot project searching for new ways of bringing beneficial educational experiences to disadvantaged rural areas, successfully achieved its aims of establishing community-based programs involving varied groups and people in developing solutions to local educational problems. A central Planning…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Educational Development
Nommensen, Elisabeth – 1994
This paper reports on the Contact Children's Mobile, a program developed in 1987 to provide educational and social enrichment opportunities for children from birth to 12 years who live in a large remote region surrounding Wanaaring, Australia. Two teachers travel an average of 800 kilometers weekly to make home visits or hold daylong educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
Teasdale, G. R.; Whitelaw, A. J. – 1981
The book describes the setting, objectives, program, evaluation and achievement of six innovative action-research early childhood education projects for Aboriginal Australian children, traces various previous attempts to provide education, and provides an historical background of the estimated 140,000 Aboriginal people who make up 1% of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Cultural Background, Demonstration Centers
Crellin, Ian R. – 1994
Telecottages originated in Scandinavia in the 1980s in an attempt to reverse the decline of isolated communities by giving them access to information and services, facilities for training and distance education, and the opportunity to produce income through telecommuting. In 1992-1993, the Australian government began funding the Telecentre…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
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