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Direct linkNaylor, Anthea; Spence, Sarah E.; Poed, Shiralee – Support for Learning, 2019
Video Self-Modelling (VSM) and Video Peer-Modelling (VPM) have proved effective when teaching pro-social behaviours to students with disability, individually and during whole-class instruction. In Victoria, Australia, this has been achieved in specialist schools using a television programme known as meTV. This study examined the application of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Peer Teaching, Prosocial Behavior
May, Josephine – History of Education, 2018
Building on the author's previous work on Australian national cinema and schooling, this article explores the representation of the female primary school teacher in the television mini-series entitled "Marion" (Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1974). Using narrative analysis, it argues that this representation is disruptive of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Females
Bodis, Agnes – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
International education constitutes a key industry in Australia and international students represent a third of university students at Australian universities. This paper examines the media representation of international students in terms of their English language proficiency. The study applies Critical Discourse Analysis to the multimodal data…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Yousef, Areej – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper explores the language planning strategies employed by Australian transnational families of Arabic-speaking backgrounds to develop their children's bilingualism in English and Arabic. The paper concludes that the families' transnationalism and strong links with their countries of origin played a significant role in their language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Family Relationship, Native Language, Arabic
Bodis, Agnes – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
International students studying at Australian universities are largely represented in the media as problematic speakers of English, in part due to the dominance of the monolingual mindset as an approach to language. This paper focuses instead on international students' multilingualism and examines the multimodal media representation of them as…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Communicating the Nature of Science through "The Big Bang Theory": Evidence from a Focus Group Study
Li, Rashel; Orthia, Lindy A. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
In this paper, we discuss a little-studied means of communicating about or teaching the nature of science (NOS)--through fiction television. We report some results of focus group research which suggest that the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present), whose main characters are mostly working scientists, has influenced…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Programming (Broadcast), Television, Focus Groups
Harrison, Cathie – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
Early childhood education in Australia is currently undergoing a period of change and renewal. Times of change offer opportunities to revisit the perspectives of the past, to respond to current choices and challenges, and explore future opportunities within the national provision of early childhood care and education. Such opportunities also exist…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change
