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Positive Educational Responses to Indigenous Student Mobility
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Hill, Angela; Lynch, Andrea; Dalley-Trim, Leanne – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Engaging positively with the mobility of Indigenous students has been the centre of a 5-year action research project in Queensland, Australia. Drawing on responses developed for other marginalised mobile populations, and with consideration for the extent of mobility amongst many Indigenous people in Australia, this paper focuses on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Indigenous Populations, Action Research
The Image of Resource Teachers in Schools and Colleges.
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O'Conner, Barrie A.; Adie, Ron – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1991
This study of the image of resource teachers measured the attitudes of 600 administrators and teachers in Queensland (Australia) secondary schools and colleges. Resource teachers enjoyed a strongly positive image, and a more positive image of resource teachers was held by those who used their services than by those who did not. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
The Itinerant Secondary Remedial/Resource Teacher Service in Central Queensland. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 5.
Briody, P. M. – 1980
The itinerant secondary remedial resource teacher service, designed to identify and help isolated country students in Queensland who are experiencing learning difficulties and to assist teachers in classrooms, program development, and resource strategy for exceptional learners, was evaluated seven months after project initiation in 1979. Data for…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Itinerant Teachers, Outreach Programs
Communication through Reading; Proceedings of the Australian Reading Conference (4th, Brisbane, August 25-27, 1978). Volume 2. Diverse Needs: Creative Approaches.
Page, Glenda, Ed.; And Others – 1978
The second of a two-volume set, this collection of 11 papers concentrates on current developments in the teaching of reading, such as translating commonly accepted reading theories or assumptions into classroom practices, maintaining an input of structured, meaningful, rhythmic language in an independent reading program, and relating reading and…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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
The Mobile Field Study Unit in South-West Queensland. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 9.
Fowler, Clifford F. – 1981
Effectiveness of the Mobile Field Study Unit's work in environmental education in south-west Queensland during 1979-1980 was evaluated through records kept by the Unit and the Priority Country Area Program (PCAP) office, evaluations by teachers, interviews with teachers and educational administrators, and participant observation of the Unit. The…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Distance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
The Introduction of Resource Teachers into Queensland State High Schools: A Critical Review.
Morris, A. – 1982
The evolution of the role of secondary school resource teachers, introduced in Queensland (Australia) in 1974 was examined through findings in research literature, interviews with key school personnel, a survey of resource teachers, and case studies of four schools. Data were collected from 1976 to 1978. The resource teacher program was introduced…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, Educational Diagnosis
The Mobile Remedial Unit in South-West Queensland. Priority Country Area Program Evaluation Series: Report No. 6.
Briody, P. M. – 1980
Data for evaluation of the Mobile Remedial Unit, instituted to assist approximately 250 isolated Queensland children with learning difficulties during 1978 and 1979, were obtained by visits to 10 schools; discussions with principals, teachers, administrators, and the 2 mobile remedial teachers; document analysis; and travel with a remedial teacher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Correspondence Study, Educationally Disadvantaged