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Direct linkBlomkamp, Emma – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2014
Taking an interpretive approach to evidence-based policy, this article illustrates the rhetorical and situated uses of evidence in two case studies of local cultural policy. Broadly defined as policy-relevant knowledge, evidence is selectively used by council officers in the development, delivery, and evaluation of arts programmes at two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Municipalities, Culture
Peer reviewedWright, Caroline M.; Sumar, Bashir H. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A study compared characteristics of New South Wales (Australia) nursing students in 1986 (n=447) and 1995 (n=512). Results show no significant socioeconomic differences overall, only for females. Certain family characteristics also differed, including number of siblings and mother's income. It was also found that new public policy does not…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Family Characteristics
Download full textRiley-Mundine, Lynette; Roberts, Bryn – 1990
This review of Australia's National Aboriginal Languages Program, undertaken in September-November 1989, involved consultation with individuals in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations and communities in several areas. It was found that 56% of 1988-89 funding went to Aboriginal communities and regional language centers, 20% to state schools,…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Milne, Rosemary; Clarke, Priscilla – 1993
An Australian study developed recommendations, policies, models, and strategies for the establishment, maintenance, and evaluation of bilingual education programs in preschool and child care centers, as either full bilingual programs or bilingual components of other programs. Results are presented here. The methodology used was to describe and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education Programs, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Ingram, David; John, Glyn – 1990
This study investigated the status of instruction in cultures and languages other than English in Queensland, Australia in preparation for development of comprehensive and coherent public policies for the field. The report addresses the following topics: the policy development process (project background and the nature of language education…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cultural Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
Lasonen, Johanna, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 21 papers and an introduction on work force preparation in a global context. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Johanna Lasonen); "Access of Girls and Women to Vocational Education: Implications for the Workplace in Swaziland" (Comfort B. S. Mndebele); "Intersectoral Approaches to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
