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Collaborative Inquiry and School Leadership Growth: An Australian Adaptation of an Albertan Approach
Boyd, William Edgar; Hayden, Martin – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article introduces an Australian adaptation of an approach to supporting school leadership and improvement pioneered by educationalists David Townsend and Pam Adams, from Alberta, Canada. Referred to as the North Coast Initiative for School Improvement, the adaptation involved school leaders, academics, and government officials who combined…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Instructional Leadership, Improvement Programs, School Effectiveness
Rickinson, Mark; Hall, Matthew; Reid, Alan – Environmental Education Research, 2016
This paper focuses on our experience of researching the influence of ResourceSmart Schools, a sustainable schools programme in Victoria, Australia. Drawing on ideas from programme theory and realist synthesis, we illustrate and reflect upon our approach to conceptualising, investigating and generating evidence about the programme's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, School Effectiveness, Improvement Programs
Hussey, Ian; Bain, Andrew M. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2020
The uptake in one-year theological programs by students in the Australian College of Theology (ACT) has heightened interest in the question of whether these short qualifications meet the expectations of students and equip them for their ministry, whether that be in their local church, parachurch organizations or other vocations. This article…
Descriptors: Graduates, Theological Education, Program Length, Program Effectiveness
Outhred, Tim; Chester, Andrea – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2013
As Australia endeavors to sustain growth of its international education industry, there have been major concerns regarding the experience of international students. This review examines the international student experience in Australia, particularly issues surrounding study-work-life balance (SWLB), acculturation, health, and well-being. The…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Foreign Students, Mentors, Peer Groups
Shah, Mahsood; Jarzabkowski, Lucy – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
The Australian government initiated a review of higher education in 2008. One of the outcomes of the review was the formation of a national regulator, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), with responsibilities to: register all higher education providers, accredit the courses of the non self-accrediting providers, assure…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Adnum, Judy; Hingston, June – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The College Assessment for Learning Program (CALP) was initiated in order to improve student learning outcomes and to strengthen professional conversations across three campuses. It was based on a backward mapping process developed earlier at one of the junior campuses with successful outcomes. Analysis of NAPLAN, School Certificate and Higher…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Improvement, Program Effectiveness, College Outcomes Assessment
Oliver, Beverley – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
Curtin University's Curriculum 2010 (C2010) initiative aimed at ensuring degree programs were excellent and sustainable. Before C2010, graduate attributes were not universally emphasised and indicators showed room for improvement in generic skills. C2010 focused on embedding graduate attributes through three strategies. The first was embedding…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Enrichment, Performance Factors
Shah, Mahsood – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
External quality audits are now being used in universities across the world to improve quality assurance, accountability for quality education and transparency of public funding of higher education. Some countries such as Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark have had external quality audits for more than a decade but there…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Quality Control, Educational Quality
Khudeir, Hamzeh; Khudeir, DUA'A – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This article has recognised the need for fundamental improvements in the HRM department of the Bankstown Hospital. Through the critical analysis and evaluation of internal systems and processes we were able to identify a number of issues as areas where improvement must be facilitated, each with varying degrees of seriousness. The key problem areas…
Descriptors: Criticism, Program Improvement, Operations Research, Hospitals
Skourdoumbis, Andrew – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
This paper considers an alternative teacher certification pathway known as Teach for Australia (TFA) that is currently operating in the Australian state of Victoria. A discursive approach informed by critical theory is used in the paper to critically examine the specific case of TFA as an alternative teacher certification pathway charged with…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Alternative Teacher Certification, Critical Theory, Educational Improvement
Trinidad, Sue; Sharplin, Elaine; Lock, Graeme; Ledger, Sue; Boyd, Don; Terry, Emmy – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
This ALTC project is a collaborative endeavour between the four public universities involved in teacher education in Western Australia (Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia), focussed on improving the quality of preparation of pre-service teachers for rural, regional and remote…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Practicums, Foreign Countries, Rural Education
Block, Karen; Cross, Suzanne; Riggs, Elisha; Gibbs, Lisa – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In a context of increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers globally, recognition of the importance of the school environment for promoting successful settlement outcomes and inclusion for refugee-background young people is growing. Yet schools may be poorly equipped to recognise and respond to the multiple challenges faced by children and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Inclusion, Educational Environment, School Support
Yeo, Joseph; O'Donoghue, Gemma – Student Success, 2023
To address the demands from their courses, students with insufficient language proficiency who cannot attend the standard subject-specific academic language development program are directed to an alternative discipline-specific program -- the Language Development Tutorial in Block mode, at the University of Technology Sydney. This practice report…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Academic Language, Universities, English for Academic Purposes
Graham, Lorraine; Pegg, John – Online Submission, 2010
This paper reports data from the evaluation of the numeracy component of a long-running educational intervention, covering the period from 2001 to 2008. "QuickSmart" is both an intervention and research project operating in Australian schools. It is a structured intervention program designed for middle-school students (ages 10 to 13…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Numeracy, Achievement Tests
Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Geiger, Vince – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2011
In Australia, concerns about the quality of mathematics education that students experience are particularly salient in rural schools. These schools typically report great difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified teachers of mathematics. Teachers in non-metropolitan locations may also experience professional isolation if they have limited…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Research and Development, Rural Schools, Mathematics Education