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Kalogeropoulos, Penelope; Russo, James; Russo, Toby; Sullivan, Peter – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
Teaching assistants are not always utilised effectively in mathematics classrooms. Moreover, there is limited research examining instructional models that might more meaningfully incorporate teaching assistants into the teaching and learning of mathematics. To address this gap in the literature, the current study explored three distinct…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Program Effectiveness, Tutors, Intervention
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Zivkovic, Sharon – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2019
While active citizenship education programs are assumed to have positive benefits for the active citizenship practice of participants (UNESCO, 2009, p. 4), there is actually little evidence that programs do (de Weerd, Gemmeke, Rigter & van Riji, 2005, p. vii). This paper discusses a research project that aimed to determine and increase the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Sustainable Development, Program Effectiveness, Power Structure
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Lennox, Maria; Garvis, Susanne; Westerveld, Marleen – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This paper explores teachers' and teacher assistants' self-efficacy of delivering PrepSTART, a classroom based, oral language and early literacy program for five-year-old students. In the current study, speech pathologists developed, provided training and monitored program implementation. Teachers and teacher assistants (n = 17) shared their…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Self Efficacy, Oral Language, Emergent Literacy
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Ambrosetti, Angelina – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The use of mentoring has nowadays become a predominant practice for the professional placement component of pre-service teacher education programs. Research however has identified that being an effective teacher does not make you an effective mentor. The present research investigated the role of professional development in the preparation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Faculty Development
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Marsh, Scott; Waniganayake, Manjula; Gibson, Ian W. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
The notion of leadership for learning as a resource for improving student learning in schools has attracted much attention from scholars. However, its use lacks clarity or meaning for teachers implementing this concept in schools. In seeking to pursue a better understanding of leadership for learning based on a comprehensive review of relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
Cattle, Stephen R.; Bloomfield, Dianne M.; Klineberg, Iven J. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
The University of Sydney has a long-standing record of commitment to social inclusion in tertiary education. The Australian government agenda has brought into sharp focus the importance of universities engaging with rural and remote communities. The University of Sydney provides placement opportunities and pathways to attract more undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Universities, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
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Thompson, Greg – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
This paper explores Rizvi and Lingard's (2010) idea of the "local vernacular" of the global education policy trend of using high-stakes testing to increase accountability and transparency, and by extension quality, within schools and education systems in Australia. In the first part of the paper a brief context of the policy trajectory…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Attitudes, High Stakes Tests, Global Education
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Smith, Janet – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Since the first Circle of Trust retreat was offered in 2005, the Center for Courage & Renewal (CCR) and other individual facilitators across the United States, Canada, and Australia have continued to offer many cross-professional retreats, as they have proven extremely popular. They are designed for people from any profession who want to…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness
McConney, Andrew; Maor, Dorit – Online Submission, 2009
This summative evaluation examines a pilot program supporting beginning science and mathematics teachers through mentoring. It includes mentors' and mentees' expectations of the outcomes of participation in the program and their perceptions of the success of their mentoring relationships across the latter part of the 2008 school year. As well,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Mentors, Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation
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Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Makar, Katie – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2007
The new Queensland "Mathematics Years 1-10 Syllabus" differs from previous syllabuses in that it has an outcomes structure that describes how students think, reason, and work mathematically. The main challenge for secondary teachers implementing the new syllabus lies in taking a more investigative approach to "working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development
Smyth, W. John – 1982
An inservice program for Australian teachers, which involved clinical supervision methods, was evaluated to examine its effectiveness. Clinical supervision seeks to promote a form of teacher development that is descriptive and formative. Teachers were involved in a process of assisted self-reflection about their teaching, with the aid of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development