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Rickinson, Mark; Hall, Matthew; Reid, Alan – Environmental Education Research, 2016
This paper focuses on our experience of researching the influence of ResourceSmart Schools, a sustainable schools programme in Victoria, Australia. Drawing on ideas from programme theory and realist synthesis, we illustrate and reflect upon our approach to conceptualising, investigating and generating evidence about the programme's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, School Effectiveness, Improvement Programs
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Dilkes, Jessica; Cunningham, Christine; Gray, Jan – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
A new national curriculum has recently been implemented across Australia. This paper reports on a case study of a regional Western Australia government school as they re-wrote and taught the phase one learning areas: maths, English, science and HASS. Results showed what it is like to work in an environment where continual change is not only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation
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Gill, Nicholas; Adams, Michael; Eriksen, Christine – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
Field trips have long been central to geography, but have been subject to assessment of the role of the "field" in teaching. At the same time, academics face barriers to running field trips. Distance education and enhanced educational access for non-metropolitan students represented such an obstacle at an Australian university. These…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Field Trips, Distance Education, Access to Education
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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
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Nestel, Debra; Ivkovic, Amelie; Hill, Robyn A.; Warrens, Anthony N.; Paraskevas, Paraskeva A.; McDonnell, Jacqueline A.; Mudarikwa, Ruvimbo S.; Browne, Chris – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Programme evaluation is essential for quality assurance in education. In this paper, we describe our evaluation strategy for the first year of a new medical programme. Although we used multiple methods in the evaluation, the use of the focus group method was core. This paper reports our experiences of focus groups for this purpose. We describe the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Medical Schools, Research Methodology, Focus Groups
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Power, Colin; Wood, Robert – Comparative Education Review, 1984
An analysis of national programs for monitoring student achievement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia found that political considerations in all three countries have inhibited the clarification of program objectives and the implementation of the technology required to generate meaningful information capable of reliable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment
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Houghton, John W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
This paper examines changing research practices in the digital environment and draws out implications for research evaluation and the development of research infrastructure. Reviews of the literature, quantitative indicators of research activities and our own field research in Australia suggest that a new mode of knowledge production is emerging,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Holistic Approach
Lamb, Stephen; Davies, Merryn; Polesel, John; Teese, Richard – 2003
This report examines issues related to the performance indicators used for international comparisons of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system. Chapter 2 examines main sources of international comparisons of VET and main features of indicator frameworks used for comparisons. Chapter 3 presents an outline of these two main…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 2002
The outcomes achieved by Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system in 2001 were analyzed in terms of the following performance indicators: (1) recognized VET skill outputs; (2) stocks of skills versus desired levels; (3) employer satisfaction with VET; (4) student outcomes from VET; (5) participation, outputs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)