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Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2015
This report presents the findings from the third wave of a longitudinal study to investigate perceptions of administrative burden among providers of children's education and care services. The study reveals a number of positive findings including consistently high levels of support for the National Quality Framework (NQF) and a significant decline…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Administration
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2014
This report is the second installment (Wave II) of the longitudinal study examining the perceptions and experiences of services under the National Quality Framework (NQF) with respect to their level of regulatory burden. The Wave II perception survey was conducted in February and March 2014. The findings in this report are divided into two themes:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Administration
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2013
The National Quality Framework (NQF) was introduced to improve the quality of Australia's early childhood education and care and outside school hours care services. One goal of the NQF was to reduce unnecessary compliance burden on children's education and care services through a jointly-governed system of regulation, replacing overlapping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Administration
Glezer, Helen – 1988
A study was made to obtain a broad overview of the operation of maternity leave in Australia from the perspectives of employees and employers. The study included: (1) an employee survey exploring the use and non-use of maternity leave and identifying determinants of taking maternity leave and of retaining women in the labor force after childbirth;…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Reforms to Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector over the past few years have brought about significant changes to the work of VET staff and the focus of their roles. This publication summarizes recent research into the changing roles of VET leaders, managers, teaching and support staff, and the way they work. The role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Administrator Role, Educational Change
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1998
This publication presents a consolidated national picture of activity in recreation, leisure, and personal enrichment programs in Australia. It also details highlights, key features, and characteristics of activity in personal enrichment programs in 1996. Information has been collected from two main training provider groups: adult community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Creative Activities, Cultural Activities, Enrichment Activities
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1997
Recreation, leisure, and personal enrichment education and training programs play an important role in the total education and training undertaken in Australia. Depending on the State or Territory, personal enrichment programs are delivered by registered and unregistered community providers; technical and further education (TAFE) and other…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Enrichment, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries