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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"1301 Education Systems"”.
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The influence of a student centred approach to teaching on the achievement of students’ career goals and personal aspirations
… students in Certificate III, Community Services Education (Aged Care Work) participated in the study. Information was collected during the 17-week program, three and six months after the program. The methodology for the study was derived from the Theory of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) as …
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The employers' perspective of vocational education work placement programs
This study is an evaluation of Victoria University’s Workplace Learning Melbourne West (WLMW) work placement service to employers. Local Community Partnership’s (LCPs) like Workplace Learning (WLMW) are funded to coordinate work placements for vocational students and enable them to integrate about …
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An empirical analysis of the strategic management of competitive advantage : a case study of higher technical and vocational education in Taiwan
Institutions of higher technical and vocational education (hereafter HTVE) in Taiwan face the pressures of a reduced number of students and competition for students from an increased number of domestic and international institutions. To cope with these challenges, HTVE institutions that are better …
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Novices learning ‘positioning’ informally in Thai tourism workplaces: five case studies
This is a study of 5 new Thai graduates, three men and two women who entered employment in small intermediary service industry enterprise work places in the key tourism sector of the Thai economy in 2005 and 2007. Its main aim was to identify how these novices coped with the work that they were …
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Educational transformation in transitional China and Russia: a comparative analysis of private schooling in Beijing and Moscow
… schooling in Beijing and Moscow. It studies the educational transformation in transitional China and Russia. This innovative study goes beyond the comparative social, economic and cultural measurement of selected private schools and analyses the role of globalisation in education in these …
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A study of the influences on middle years teachers’ pedagogical decision making
This study contributes to the understanding of the pedagogical choice of secondary school middle years teachers. The findings support the past research which has reported adolescents having specific pedagogical needs and the difficulty schools have in changing established teaching and learning …
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The roles of school principals in implementing change in elementary and secondary schools in Thailand
… a positive school climate while adopting New Education Reform in Thailand. This study shows how a principal can support change in a school in the context of educational reform in Thailand. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the activities and behaviours of three elementary and …
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Young children’s learning with information and communication technologies in Hong Kong kindergartens
This study investigated the changing roles and teaching and learning practices with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in kindergartens in the Hong Kong context. The objectives of the study were (1) to observe and describe the use of computers in early childhood curriculum in Hong …
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TAFE Institutes as learning organisations
This thesis investigated TAFE Institutes to explore progression towards being learning organizations. The general aim of this research was to investigate the extent to which, and the ways in which, TAFE Institutes have adopted the concept of the learning organization.
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Adaptive teaching practice : teacher response to upper primary students (years 5-6) who experience difficulty with reading
… teaching. Contextual factors included teacher education, experience, teacher beliefs and level of administrative support. Student factors included the degree and type of reading difficulty experienced by students in the classroom.
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Perspectives from below the ceiling : academic women and the transition from Senior Lecturer to the Professoriate - a case study
Despite progressive increases in women’s academic employment over the past 20 years, women continue to be under-represented in senior academic roles above the level of Senior Lecturer (Level C). This thesis explores whether there are specific barriers in operation that serve to prevent women’s …
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Adult community education as sites for the development of social capital in a culturally diverse society
… investigates the roles that adult community education (ACE) providers and programs play in the development of social and cultural networks for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in a regional community context. Within the milieu of the Shire of Campaspe, a …
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Planning and practice: factors impacting on the development of initial education in Nepal, with special reference to English language teaching, 1950-1995
… of the goals for the development of initial education in Nepal between 1950 and 1995. Firstly the thesis sets out to explore the historical, religious and cultural background of the development of initial education in Nepal against which the modernization of Nepali education was attempted. …
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A case study of student participation in discussion in an online higher education course
This research used a mixed method research design to investigate online participation on discussion tasks by students. The research also explored the relationship between online participation and academic performance, and the teacher's role in designing the tasks and providing support for students. …
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Adult environmental education : a community psychology perspective
Environmental education (EE) research has identified factors affecting people's environmental understanding and personal behaviours. However, it has been criticized for its largely individualistic, apolitical focus on school children. The present research used an action research (AR) approach to …
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Ways of becoming : South Asian students in an Australian postgraduate environment
… globalization and internationalization of higher education, and has necessitated studies about international students’ adaptation to such universities. Statistics of the last decade show that there has been a significant flow of international students to Australian universities, and a large …
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Enhancing learning in early childhood within the family: evaluation of practice and theory in a multi-cultural context
… an evaluation of practice and theory in an educationally disadvantaged and multi-cultural community. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) has a 30 year history and was inttoduced into Australia in 1998 by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. It is a two-year intensive …
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The impact of government funding reforms on the strategic planning of Malaysian public universities
… research performance in institutions of higher education. In the context of Malaysia as a developing country, this theory has been used to establish a framework for determining the extent to which such institutions meet the Ministry of Higher Education objectives stated in the National Higher …
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Telling stories: a thematic narrative analysis of eight women's PhD experiences
… of women’s decisions to participate in doctoral education; and secondly, to provide a more in-depth understanding of women’s experiences in undertaking doctoral degrees and the factors that increase their chances of successful completion. Using thematic narrative analysis, the study found that …
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