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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"1303 Specialist Studies in Education"”.
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Playing for the future: the role of gameplay, narrative and fun in computer games-based training
This research demonstrates the ways in which computer games can provide a context for effective skill acquisition and knowledge transfer in vocational education and training (VET). In particular, it focuses on how they might increase learner engagement in theoretical subjects. The study examined …
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Cultural perspectives in school communities: an exploration and representation of cultural identity in pre-service teachers
… Conversations around Culture, and an accompanying exegesis – Cultural Perspectives in School Communities: An Exploration and Representation of Cultural Identity in Pre-Service Teachers. Both the film and the exegesis explore the experiences and insights of seven pre-service teachers in their …
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Investigating student teaching supervision: a case study at Faculty of Education, Burapha University
This case study action research investigated student teaching supervision at Burapha University’s Faculty of Education. It had three phases. In Phase I, the researcher used quantitative methodology - surveys – to reach 155 student teachers (ST), 147 school (SCHS) and 56 university (BUUS) …
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The Work, Preparation and Development of Nursing Clinical Teachers
Clinical teachers play an important role in the education of student nurses within the practicum part of their course. Clinical teachers are usually experienced clinical nurses who are recruited into this role, often with little preparation. Examined in this thesis are those nurses employed as …
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Developing an innovated flexible clinical education model : enhancing student learning
The purpose of this study was to enhance the clinical experience of undergraduate nursing students through an investigation into a Flexible Clinical Education Model offered at Victoria University. Clinical education is a vital component of the undergraduate nursing curriculum that provides students …
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Meaning-Making in an Engineering Problem-Based Learning Classroom: an Analysis of Activity and Multimodality
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a pedagogic approach now widely used across higher education. Its goal is to encourage student-centred learning supported by the provision of information and the active support of a facilitator. PBL can be seen as a process of meaning making, and, in this research, …
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Development and Validation of Classroom Assessment Literacy Scales: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Instructors in a Cambodian Higher Education Setting
… a mixed methods approach aimed at developing and validating a set of scales to measure the classroom assessment literacy development of instructors. Four scales were developed (i.e. Classroom Assessment Knowledge, Innovative Methods, Grading Bias and Quality Procedure). The first scale was …
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Working knowledge of academic practice : implications for professional development
This study sought to investigate the working knowledge of academics in a ‘new’ university in Australia. Working knowledge, or knowledge ‘put to use’ in day-to-day work, describes what academics actually do. What knowledge academics use day to day is vital for those concerned in the development of …
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Personal and professional experiences of turkish qualified teachers in Victorian schools
… and secondary teachers, who are currently teaching, or have previously taught in Victorian schools. This research drew upon these teachers’ experiences to make recommendations for future teacher education, training, professional development and/or induction programs. These recommendations if …
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Defining the future: creating and sustaining e-confident schooling
… contribution to the debate about the role of ICT in education, by exploring schooling and pedagogical perspectives, identifying elements demanding systemic attention and defining a vision that is relevant and challenging to Australian education. Examining the notion of what e-confidence means for …
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Accidental and lifelong activists: embodied knowledge, identity and learning
Much of the theorisation regarding radical adult education in Australia has concentrated on activists’ pedagogy in the context of critical learning. Learning in social action is largely seen as taking place informally. Learning is tacit and implied and not always identified or articulated as …
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A comparison of creative thinking and reflective-impulsive style in grade 10 male students from rural and urban Saudi Arabia
… people are the means for a country to remain competitive, no less so than for Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom has immense natural resources, and this extends to its human capital: exceptional people who are necessary to assist its growth and harness its potential for the 21st century. This growth …
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The adaptation of language testing models to national testing of school graduates in Nepal : processes, problems and emerging issues
The school education system in Nepal is chronically under-resourced, severely lacking in infrastructure and school teachers are often untrained and demoralised. The isolation of remote areas in the mountainous terrain, the effects of a ten-year civil war, and a culture impregnated with respect for …
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Facilitating the questioning skills of student teachers through action research
The study was designed to investigate the development of the teaching of questioning, reflective practice for development of teaching competence and systematic inquiry and reflection on the university lecturer's teaching and learning to implement change for improvement in practice. This study …
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An investigation of comparative indices of background of tertiary entrants against academic performance
… new level one undergraduate entrants to higher education courses at Victoria University of Technology in 1993 and 1994. Approaches to the study of student achievement and selection are reviewed and alternatives are investigated. An integrated model for evaluation of success, drawing upon varied …
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Learning styles, teaching styles and literacy acquisition in upper primary school
… different abilities when it comes to learning. They also have different ways of approaching learning; different styles of learning that help them to attain understanding of what is being taught to them. Literacy skills play an important part of learning and improving these skills has always …
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A study of influences and experiences contributing to the attitudes of a group of vocational students towards science
This research project examines perceptions and attitudes towards science of a group of Technical and Further Education students studying Beauty Therapy at Victoria University. Many members of this group displayed a high level of science anxiety as described by Mallow, (1978). They lacked confidence …
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The role of ICT in student engagement in learning mathematics in a preparatory university program
The steady decline of students’ competency in mathematics has become known as the “Mathematics Problem”. Researchers identified that the level of student engagement is one of the most important factors affecting the academic performance of mathematics students. Strong link between students’ …
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The impact of director’s leadership style and gender on secondary school climate in Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand
The purpose of this research was to examine task-oriented and socially-oriented leadership patterns in public secondary school directors in Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand. This analysis was conducted to determine if leadership orientation as well as gender-based leadership behaviours were related to …
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Timely intervention: before it's too hard: an investigation into the effectiveness of off-site intervention programs for students exhibiting behavioural difficulties in mainstream schools
Students who have difficulty conforming to school rules and expected school behavioural norms are at risk of being excluded from their own schools, and possibly from further education. Failure to complete twelve years of schooling places the students at a social and economic disadvantage for the …
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