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Download full textAnderson, Jonathan – 1984
Educational applications of computing are reviewed, beginning with a brief introduction to microcomputers and microcomputer characteristics that might be important for school use. An examination of significant models in computer education outside Australia emphasizes projects in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, including the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
McConnochie, K. R.; Russell, A. – 1982
The report is the result of a 1981 research project commissioned by Australia's Commonwealth Department of Education to investigate early childhood education for Aborigines. The study encompassed the care and education of Aboriginal children from age 0 to age 5 in government and non-government school systems. The report is divided into three major…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Cairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – 1993
The Talk to a Literacy Learner (TTALL) program was developed in response to a New South Wales (Australia) government initiative, and is designed to focus on parents and the strategies they use to interact with their children as they read and write. An 8-week parent workshop on literacy development and a community tutor program trained selected…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education
Curtis, Dorothy Smith – 1989
Providing a cross-cultural perspective on governmental involvement in the provision of day care services, this study explores early childhood programs in five countries. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction, Chapter 2 describes state supported child care in Denmark. Chapter 3 describes playgroups in England. Chapter 4 concerns state and municipal…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Direct linkFerrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This paper reports on a Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) project that explored policies, programs and other initiatives by Australia's states and territories to support innovation, and to build vocational education and training (VET) capability to respond to its effects on skill needs. The project was undertaken in late…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Industry, Economics, Foreign Countries
Morey, B. E. – 1989
This review provides a background summary of the Commonwealth's involvement in the field of adult literacy in Australia. The review is not research based and does not make recommendations, but it highlights the issues that are important for the future direction of the Commonwealth's involvement in the field. The review is organized into seven…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Finance
