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Baldock, Tom E.; Chanson, Hubert – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
This paper describes the pedagogical impact of real-world experimental projects undertaken as part of an advanced undergraduate fluid mechanics subject at an Australian university. The projects have been organized to complement traditional lectures and introduce students to the challenges of professional design, physical modelling, data collection…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Mechanics (Physics), Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Boomer, Garth – 1982
Active literacy is the ability to inject one's own thoughts and intentions into messages received and sent, the ability to transform and to act upon aspects of the world via the written word. Five things are not working for literacy in Australia; formularistic exercise texts and kits, the media, experts with solutions, habits, and national…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories
Haynes, Bruce – 1980
A description is given of an exemplary program, developed by Claremont Teachers College in West Australia, that involved on-site teacher development to help introduce children in grades 1-4 to historical thinking. The College provided academic staff for the project and assisted teachers by providing advice and materials. The long term objectives…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Role, College School Cooperation
Queensland Dept. of Education, Brisbane (Australia). – 1971
This handbook is a guide to a compensatory language program designed for young, Australian, aboriginal children during their first year at school. It is the result of recent research which shows that reading retardation characteristic of aboriginal children may well be associated with the fact that their linguistic system differs from that in the…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences