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Developmental Evaluation of the HIPPY Age 3 Program for Socially Disadvantaged Families in Australia
Amy Graham; Jan Matthews; Catherine Wade – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
Home-based parenting interventions foster positive parent-child relationships and parenting skills that reduce risks to child outcomes associated with social disadvantage. This article extends evidence about the value of one such program -- the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) -- through qualitative examination of a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Child Rearing, Disadvantaged
Kilpatrick, Sue; Burns, Gemma; Barnes, Robin Katersky; Kerrison, Marcel; Fischer, Sarah – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2020
The research, focused on parents with children in years 5-10 in three low-socioeconomic rural and regional communities, drew on an understanding of educational aspiration as culturally and socio-spatially embedded to develop practical strategies for parents to engage with their children as they made education and career pathways choices. It draws…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Parents, Economically Disadvantaged, Career Pathways
Gutierrez, Amanda; Lowe, Kevin; Guenther, John – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Improving Indigenous students' literacy is a major priority area for the Australian Government, receiving significant funding to address below benchmark English literacy standardised test results. Despite this, recent benchmark tests suggest Indigenous students continue to achieve well below the national average. This systematic review discusses…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Benchmarking, Literacy Education, Literacy
Testing and Measuring the Impact of Character Education on the Learning Environment and Its Outcomes
Lovat, Terence; Dally, Kerry – Journal of Character Education, 2018
The article aims to contextualize and summarize essential findings from the 268-page Australian Government Report titled, "Project to Test and Measure the Impact of Values Education on Student Effects and School Ambience." The project was one of a number of values education projects funded by the Government from 2003 to 2010 under the…
Descriptors: Values Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Outcomes of Education
Block, Karen; Cross, Suzanne; Riggs, Elisha; Gibbs, Lisa – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In a context of increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers globally, recognition of the importance of the school environment for promoting successful settlement outcomes and inclusion for refugee-background young people is growing. Yet schools may be poorly equipped to recognise and respond to the multiple challenges faced by children and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Inclusion, Educational Environment, School Support
Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009
These guidelines for 2010-2013 relate specifically to the Partnership Brokers program. This program is part of the Australian Government's contribution to the Youth Attainment and Transitions National Partnership and will commence on 1 January 2010. These Guidelines set out the requirements for the provision of services by organisations contracted…
Descriptors: Business, Partnerships in Education, Privacy, Contracts

Fields, Barry A.; Cottman, Caroline – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1988
Describes and evaluates parents of young handicapped children. Presents a rationale for the involvement of parents in the education of their children and argues that parents can acquire basic teaching skills to work effectively with their children at home. (JOW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness
Cairney, Trevor H.; And Others – 1995
As part of a larger Australian study on family literacy, this study obtained information about a wide range of family or community literacy initiatives currently in operation in Australia. The study was interested in how the language and literacy learning of students from a variety of schools and communities was influenced by the involvement of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Fraser, Barbara J. – 1994
This paper presents findings of a case study that examined parent participation at Glen Katherine Primary School (Victoria, Australia). It focuses on parent participation in and attitudes toward the Language Other Than English (LOTE)-Italian program. A cooperative-research committee composed of a school administrator, LOTE program staff, parents,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Christensen, Chris – 1981
This paper describes the planning, implementation, and findings of an evaluation study intended to investigate parent participation activities in a South Australian kindergarten. The study was carried out by kindergarten staff and was conducted in four phases: (1) development of a rationale for parent participation; (2) development of strategies…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Measures (Individuals)
McGaw, Barry; And Others – 1975
This report presents an analysis of parents' perceptions and judgments of the Queensland Pre-School Correspondence Program in Australia. Through the correspondence program, resources and guides were offered to parents living in remote rural areas of Queensland to help them provide home learning experiences for their preschool-age children. A…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Feedback, Instructional Materials, Interviews
McGaw, Barry; And Others – 1975
This report provides a detailed analysis of the personal communications between parents and teachers and teachers and children in the Queensland Pre-School Correspondence Program in Australia. The communications include letters, tapes, Teacher Information Sheets, and personal meetings and are analyzed by (1) type of contact and topic, (2)…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Correspondence Study, Interaction Process Analysis, Parent Participation
Podmore, Valerie N. – 1993
This research review examines international studies on early childhood education and care, with particular reference to outcomes or benefits related to the child's age, the length of time in early childhood education and care, program type, and scope and type of parental involvement. Research literature from North America, Scandinavia, Britain,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Day Care, Day Care Effects, Educational Research
Metham, J. – 1980
These two papers are products of the Mount Druitt Early Childhood Project, a project established to develop, implement and evaluate five different early childhood programs for disadvantaged children in a suburban area of Sydney, Australia. The programs enrolled children from preschool age through kindergarten and first grade. The first document…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Ashby, Gerald; And Others – 1979
This report covers studies carried out in 1976 and 1977 into the conduct of parent workshops and the operation of preschool education groups in the Span program, a program for geographically isolated families in Queensland, Australia. The 1976 workshop was designed to increase parents' knowledge, skills and participation in playgroups for their…
Descriptors: Demography, Family School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
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