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Sims, Margaret; Waniganayake, Manjula; Hadley, Fay – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
In the Australian early childhood sector the role of educational leader emerged as part of a very large process of policy reform that began in 2009. The position of educational leader was established to drive the quality improvement requirements of the reform, but many organizations did not establish these positions until several years after the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Role, Early Childhood Education
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Billingham, Craig; Gragg, Monica; Bentley, Guy – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2013
Higher education is in a phase of rapid internationalization, with practices and impacts ranging from curriculum reform to satellite campuses to affiliated partner institutions. Internationally, higher education institutions are increasingly engaged with issues pertaining to technology integration. The primary reason for this is a growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Case Studies
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Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article presents the evaluation findings of an education policy initiative that involved the employment of facilitators to broker the policy and its implementation. An Australian state's education authority piloted the employment of physical activity facilitators to expedite the implementation of "Smart Moves" in schools, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Facilitators (Individuals), Program Implementation
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Cooper, Richard – Issues in Educational Research, 2007
This paper presents a positivist quantitative case study of four rural Queensland schools implementing the Queensland Studies Authority's outcomes based education curriculum. Queensland's school-based management system means that these schools are operating at distinctly different points along their implementation phase. This research shows how…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Outcome Based Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Bezzina, Michael – 1989
This paper presents findings of a case study that examined Australian primary teachers' perceptions of school-based curriculum development (SBCD). The study was conducted at Blackpool Primary School, a Catholic school in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Data were derived from participant observation, a teacher questionnaire, interviews with all…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Dellar, Graham B. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that described the existing nature of school-based management (SBM) structures and procedures associated with school-development planning in Western Australia. It also examined the impact of SBM on the curriculum and professional activities of teachers. Data were obtained through analysis of official policy…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries