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Patfield, Sally; Gore, Jennifer; Harris, Jess – Journal of Educational Change, 2023
Globally, teacher professional development is heralded as a key mechanism for educational reform. With governments investing heavily in PD programs, the aim of these interventions is not only enhanced teacher knowledge and practice but, ultimately, improved student outcomes. A substantial body of research has attempted to identify characteristics…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Mierowsky, Ruth; Marcus, Nadine; Ayres, Paul – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study, generated from considerations of embodied cognition, observational learning, and cognitive load theory, investigated the effect of mimicking gestures on learning to play piano tasks. Fifty university students from an Australian University, with two different levels of piano-playing experience, were randomly assigned to one of the two…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Imitation, College Students, Nonverbal Communication
Johnson, Hilary; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Douglas, Jacinta; Katthagen, Sarah; Bould, Emma – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: The social relationships model was developed to describe positive relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. We evaluated an educational intervention based on this model. Method: Eighteen staff supporting 5 adult service users with severe or profound intellectual disability from 3 day services received…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Caregivers, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability
Zhang, Qing; Wang, Jingmin; Ji, Ruihong; Huang, Tairan – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
Postgraduate education in China bears the dual mission of "high-end talent supply" and "scientific and technological innovation" as delegated by the Ministry of Education of China (2017). Improve the quality of postgraduate student training and management is essential for Chinese universities to meet this requirement. This…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Scientific Literacy, Self Efficacy, Research Training
Sumiyoshi, Hideki; Svetanant, Chavalin – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2017
Shadowing has increasingly been recognized as an effective practice for developing listening skills in second language learning. However, there is very little study focusing on learners' psychological aspects in implementing shadowing practice. The aim of this study is to explore second language learners' psychological factors, from the motivation…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Psychological Patterns
Miller, Andrew; Eather, Narelle; Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Williams, Cheryl; Gore, Jennifer; Lubans, David – European Physical Education Review, 2017
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a continuing professional development (CPD) intervention in producing changes in physical education (PE) teaching practice and PE teaching quality by generalist primary school teachers when the CPD addressed the use of a game-centred approach. A cluster randomized controlled trial…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Teacher Competencies, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Callingham, Maggie – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
An enduring educational dilemma is that young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds do not have their needs met in conventional schooling. As a result, many have left school by Year 11. To counter this trend, some schools in disadvantaged areas introduce targeted in-school interventions before Year 11 to meet the needs of their…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 11
Palesy, Debra – International Journal of Training Research, 2017
Classroom training sessions for new home care workers (HCWs) are often brief and ad hoc, varying in format and content. Yet the application of this training may be central to worker and client safety. A qualitative approach was adopted for this inquiry, comprising two separate but related practical studies. In the first, exploratory study,…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Career Readiness, Qualitative Research, Intervention
O'Shea, Sarah; McMahon, Samantha; Priestly, Amy; Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian; Harwood, Valerie – Education as Change, 2016
This article explores the unique mentoring model that the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) has established to assist Australian Indigenous young people succeed educationally. AIME can be described as a structured educational mentoring programme, which recruits university students to mentor Indigenous high school students. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Descriptions, Indigenous Populations, Academic Achievement
McMahon, Samantha; Harwood, Valerie; Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian; O'Shea, Sarah; McKnight, Anthony; Chandler, Paul; Priestly, Amy – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) is a national, extra-curricular mentoring programme that is closing the educational gap for young Indigenous Australians. So what is AIME doing that is working so well? This article draws on a large-scale classroom ethnography to describe the pedagogies that facilitate the teacher-student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Mentors, Extracurricular Activities
Sheffield, Rachel; Koul, Rekha; Blackley, Susan; Maynard, Nicoleta – Educational Media International, 2017
"Makerspace" has been lauded as a new way forward to create communities, empower students and bring together enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels "to tinker" and create. Makerspace education has been touted as having the potential to empower young people to become agents of change in their communities. This paper examines…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, STEM Education, Females, Skill Development
Smith, Gregory A.; Stevenson, Robert B. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2017
A study of two schools in northern Australia demonstrated the impact on Education for Sustainability (EfS) initiatives of a disruptive policy environment set in motion by neoliberal reforms focused on standards, accountability, and international competitiveness. In one of the schools, a culture characterized by trust and an emphasis on cultivating…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy
Woodman, Richard J.; Parappilly, Maria B. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
The success of peer review of teaching (PRT) in shaping teaching practice during an academic's formative years may depend on the peers' teaching experience and the frequency of evaluation. Two Australian early-career University lecturers with no previous experience of peer review performed a single PRT on one another following a one week academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Power, Anne M.; Powell, Sarah J. – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2016
The provision of musical experiences for youth, especially in low socio-economic areas (SES), requires funded support and imaginative resourcing. This paper presents data from the Penrith (NSW Australia) Youth String Program offered in partnership by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), Penrith Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and The Joan Sutherland…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Youth Programs, Low Income Groups, Foreign Countries
Kervin, Lisa; Turbill, Jan; Harden-Thew, Kathryn – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
The face of early childhood education continues to change. In Australia, the national early childhood guidelines, "Early Years Learning Framework" (2009) and the "National Quality Framework" have articulated and defined the work of early years' educators in a range of areas, including literacy. Both frameworks state that their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries