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Guzyal Hill; Aggie Wegner; David Low – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2022
With less than 100 registered Indigenous accountants in Australia compared to an estimated 200,000 non-Indigenous people in the field, there is serious underrepresentation of the Indigenous population in the profession. There are many imperatives for increasing the number of Aboriginal people in accounting, but the barriers that individuals face…
Descriptors: Accounting, Indigenous Personnel, Disproportionate Representation, Professional Personnel
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Barwood, Donna; Spears, Lachlan T.; O'Hara, Eibhlish; Penney, Dawn – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: In Australia, Initial Teacher Education Institutions (ITEIs) provide undergraduate Health and Physical (HPE) programmes that meet a number of regulatory requirements, including those of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). In addition, ITEIs…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Health Education
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Heggart, Keith; Arvanitakis, James; Matthews, Ingrid – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2019
The ambitious project to nationalise the Australian Curriculum has prompted great interest among policymakers, academics and civics teachers in Australian schools. The government-led citizenship education initiative "Discovering Democracy" (1997-2007) comprehensively failed to meet its objectives, most prominently the stated goal of…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Foreign Countries
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Kohler, Michelle – Babel, 2013
The decision by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to develop language-specific curricula marks an important shift for the teaching and learning of languages in Australia. This decision brings with it a number of important considerations in developing language-specific curricula. It is necessary, for example, to…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Development
Richards, Dig – South Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1975
Describes a two-phase program in which phase one provides the basic concepts and skills for later science study and phase two provides a real choice of science units to suit the needs of students. (GS)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Program Content
Post, Maarten; And Others – 1986
A study explored ways in which training in information technology could be included in Participation and Equity Programs (PEP) in the areas of hospitality/tourism, retailing, and business and finance. The research team conducted a literature search, obtained completed questionnaires from 10 colleges offering a total of 22 PEPs, visited an…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Equal Education
Geering, Adrian D. – 1985
Before educational planners can develop associate degree level curricula to train human resource practitioners, they must have a clear understanding of the field of human resource development (HRD). A review of research relating to the role of the HRD specialist indicates that HRD practitioners must be specialists in human relations skills and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Hall, W.; And Others – 1985
A study explored ways in which traineeship courses could be designed to include training in information technology. The skills and performance standards required of information technology training in the printing, tourism, banking, construction, and computer industries were identified. Next, the current provision of such training in Australia and…
Descriptors: Banking, Building Trades, Comparative Analysis, Computers
National TAFE Clearinghouse, Adelaide (Australia). – 1985
These issues contain abstracts of research reports, literature reviews, conference proceedings, directories, project reports, and other documents describing work being done in the field of technical and further education in Australia. The issues contain 103 and 147 entries, respectively. Each entry contains the following information: a Technical…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Education, Adult Education, Career Development
National TAFE Clearinghouse, Adelaide (Australia). – 1986
These issues contain abstracts of research reports, literature reviews, conference proceedings, directories, project reports, and other documents describing work being done in the field of technical and further education in Australia. The issues contain 127 and 172 entries, respectively. Each entry contains the following information: a Technical…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education