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Facilitated Communication in Mainstream Schools.
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Remington-Gurney, Jane; Crossley, Rosemary – 1990
Facilitated communication is described as a method of training communication partners or facilitators to provide physical assistance to communication aid users, to help them overcome physical and emotional problems in using their aids. In Melbourne (Victoria, Australia), the DEAL (Dignity, Education and Language) Centre has identified 96 people…
Descriptors: Attendants, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
The Malvern Project. Technical Report. Closed Circuit Television in Secondary Schools.
Hawkins, Bernard – 1973
The technical details of the Malvern Project--an Australian instructional television project--are discussed. Section I offers a statement of the technical performance of the main items of equipment used in the project and also includes the full details of the overall circuit plans, modifications made to items of equipment, and the system adopted…
Descriptors: Action Research, Closed Circuit Television, Educational Equipment, Educational Technology
The Transport Requirements of P.C.A.P. Field Staff in the South-West and Central Priority Country Areas. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 7.
Fowler, Clifford F. – 1980
General transport requirements of the Priority Country Area Program (PCAP) field staff in the South-West and Central Priority Country Areas in Queensland, Australia, (exceeding 320,000 and 150,000 square kilometers respectively) for 1978-79 were evaluated, with emphasis on: duties of PCAP staff and their consequent transport needs; existing…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Distance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Utilization
Writing for Safety. Facilitating a Team Approach to Writing Operating Instructions. ANTA Leading Edge Training Case Study.
Serle, Oenone – 1996
The Australian engineering company, Jaques, and Swinburne University of Technology conducted a joint project to write more than 190 operating instructions for the company's 77 employees. First, the university's Workplace Skills Unit (WSU) interviewed 75 production workers to identify their language, literacy, and training needs. The WSU negotiated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Certification, Cooperative Planning
The Literacy Factor: Adding Value to Training. Investigation of the Inclusion of Literacy in Training Packages in the Food Processing Industry.
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Sanguinetti, Jill – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's food processing industry training package were examined in two case studies of training at two food processing facilities in Victoria. The first case study involved a large pasta factory that had approximately 270 employees and a contract with a registered…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Literacy and Numeracy on the Motorway: A Case Study of the Effects of the Inclusion of Literacy and Numeracy Competencies within the Civil Construction Industry Training Package.
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Kelly, Ann; Searle, Jean – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's civil construction industry training package were examined in a case study in Queensland. Data were collected through the following activities: interviews with trainers, workplace teachers, and workers; observations of training at an on-site training session on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy