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Yates, Lyn; Holt, Brenda – Australian Educational Researcher, 2009
This article examines a Victorian high school's implementation of a new Year 9 program which was intended to interrupt a traditional academic curriculum and to create an imagined oasis of care and personal development for students. It explores ways in which (1) the existing culture and context of the school continues to frame the subjectivities of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
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de Jong, Terry; Kerr-Roubicek, Helen – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2007
Pastoral care in schools has traditionally been associated with notions of help, advice, values development, and children's moral welfare. In the past it has been viewed predominantly as a separate set of extra-curricula activities offered to students by school staff with particular support roles, or "pastors" from affiliated church or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caring, Student Development, Holistic Approach
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Thompson, Darrall – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The benefits of an educational shift to graduate attribute development have been foregrounded in the educational literature since the early 1990s. Attribute mapping in documentation with no change to assessment constitutes a surface approach. This paper aims to use as an example a deep approach that uses software to facilitate staff and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Computer Software
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Penman, Joy; White, Frances – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2006
In late 2003, the regional campus of the University of South Australia initiated a peer-mentoring program aimed at assisting the smooth transition of new students to university life. In particular, the Nursing and Rural Health unit envisaged a program that would be effective and rewarding for both student mentees and mentors. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Mentors, Models