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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Australian education"”.
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The discursive construction of the concept of creativity in Australian education policy and practice
… simultaneously being told about creativity in Australian and global contexts: creativity is related to improvisational free-play and also to academic rigour, both about self-expression and about very specific economic outcomes, situated in collaborative contexts but also in the exploitation of …
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Defining the future: creating and sustaining e-confident schooling
… 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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An evaluation of a professional development model for primary school administrators
… a devolution of responsibilities within Western Australian education system. One outcome was the establishment of twenty nine school districts in 1987. Since then, these districts have faced the problem of providing for the professional development needs of their primary school principals. In …
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Portraits of Middle Eastern Gulf female students in Australian universities
… as they cross international borders to study in Australian universities. The literature indicates that international students in Australia establish their identity within the context of their overseas existence. This is particularly important as Muslims may feel they are being placed in a …
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Job factors contributing to the job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction of primary principals in one Ministry of Education district in Western Australia
Recent changes in the Western Australian education system, resulting from the release and implementation of Better Schools in Western Australia: A Programme for Improvement (1987), have induced significant changes in the nature of the Western Australian primary principalship. Within this context of …
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Secondary students' skills of measuring liquid volume and understanding of uncertainty of data
… of the Working Scientifically strand in the Australian national curriculum framework and profile of learning outcome statements for science (Australian Education Council, 1994) illustrates the increased emphasis placed in curriculum documents on investigation skills and scientific literacy. …
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The economic impact of overseas students on tourism in Victoria
… There is a continuing growth in the business of Australian education export to Asia. In 1995 there were approximately 70,000 Asian students studying in Australia yielding $2 billion directly in export income, of this about $400 million a year is contributed to the Victorian economy by about …
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Unpacking the links between household income and child academic achievement in Australia through the development of the PICAA microsimulation systems model
… the key links between household income and educational outcomes at a system level, through the development of the Parental Income and Child Academic Achievement (PICAA) microsimulation model. This model was developed with the goal of being used by policymakers to test the magnitude of …
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The reality of reform : teachers reflecting on curriculum reform in Western Australia
… implementing its first national curriculum, the Australian Curriculum, after many years of debate regarding the validity and practicality of such an undertaking. Although it is widely accepted that “the effects of education policies and programs depend chiefly on what teachers make of them” …