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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Education - Western Australia"”.
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Impact of a professional development program on teachers' beliefs: A collective case study of four Indonesian schools
… between Edith Cowan University School of Education (Western Australia) and Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (Indonesia), especially in the way the program affected the participating teachers‟ pedagogical beliefs. This one-year programme was aimed at changing Indonesian teachers‟ …
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Exclusion: Procedures and provisions in Western Australia with special reference to the role of [the] Distance Education Centre in the accommodation of excluded students
… centre of this research study was whether the educational provisions at the Western Australian Distance Education Centre met the special needs of those students who are classified as "at risk" and those who are excluded from Government schools on disciplinary grounds. Contextual data which …
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The construction of alienated students and students at educational risk : a study of the justice and education discourses in Western Australia
… young people are viewed in relation to their education in Western Australia. The study involved an examination of texts discussing post industrial socio-historical events and currently policy, practice and research in relation to students who are alienated from school, including those who have …
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A model of employment literacy: Young people in Western Australia
… among young people undertaking vocational education or training (VET), trainers, funding representatives and employers in Western Australia. A further objective was to develop a model of employment literacy that would inform training or educational organisations. Employment literacy …
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Teaching visual arts through distance education : an evaluation of the program Anyone can draw
… with the teaching of drawing through distance education. Traditionally drawing has occupied a central position in visual art teaching and learning and is still regarded as a significant area of visual arts education. In the visual arts curriculum of Western Australia, drawing, which is included …
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Education for sustainability: An ethnographic study of 15 year-2/3 rural Western Australian children’s attitudes on sustainability
The study occurred in rural Western Australia in 2011, during UNESCO‟s Decade of Education for Sustainability Development, when sustainability became one of three cross-curriculum priorities of the Australian Curriculum. The study involved the development and implementation of a sustainability …
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The reality of reform : teachers reflecting on curriculum reform in Western Australia
Australia is 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 …
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Teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ preparedness to use ICT: a Western Australian perspective
… and apps are available that could be used in education. As a result, universities and schools are adopting different policies and strategies for integrating these new technologies. As teachers are a key element in the implementation of educational innovation, teacher educators and pre-service …
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Learning to belong: A study of the lived experience of homeless students in Western Australia
… lived experiences of homeless young people in Western Australia. Its focus is the reasons why homeless young people leave education, although many of them make a serious effort to complete post-compulsory schooling. The study was qualitative, and was designed as an in-depth analysis of the …
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Light dawns gradually over the whole : models of integrated curriculum provided in middle schools within Western Australia
… knowledge across their school subjects. The West Australian Curriculum Framework, which has been in operation for the past ten years, also promotes a curriculum which integrates the eight learning areas identified. The ideal time to provide this opportunity may be during the transition from …
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The changing nature of the Catholic school community
… by Catholic leaders within dioceses around Australia and supported by Vatican documents, is to assist in the Church's role of proclaiming the message of Jesus Christ. Catholic schools aim to promote Gospel values within the daily life of their community. Integral to this expectation is the …
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Non English speaking background migrant Muslim women and migrant English language provision
… of migrants to participate in Adult Migrant Education programs. As such, the study is of particular interest to both key informants: teachers, community workers, coordinators, and to the target population themselves-Migrant Muslim women. It is also of benefit to those who are concerned with …
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The graduate-mentor project in visual arts education: Mentoring within the Western Australian curriculum framework: A study of the impact of mentoring on beginning-teachers' perception of their success in visual literacy education during the first year
Western Australian tertiary graduates who enter the visual arts education profession are often well acquainted with the theoretical underpinnings of the Western Australian Curriculum Framework. This knowledge base, in combination with their own visual arts training, typically enables them to enter …
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Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences
… and unprecedented changes in post compulsory education, with an increase of over 40% for year 12 retention rates to 76.6% in 1992 and huge expansion of year 11 and 12 vocational education and training programs. However, for Aboriginal past compulsory age students, the picture is very …
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Attitudes of staff and students towards vocational education at a case study school
… metropolitan high school towards the vocational Education program, through examining the factors affecting the development of those attitudes and the factors affecting the implementation of the program at the school. The theoretical base of the study draws on the theories of attitude formation …
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The variables related to attrition and persistence of distance education students enrolled in the fourth year of the Bachelor of Education course
… enrolled in the Fourth Year of the Bachelor of Education course during second semester, 1995 are investigated in this study. The applicability of the sub-scales and scales developed by Kember, Lai, Murphy, Siaw and Yuen (1995) for distance education students is also reported on for the study …
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Extending the reach: Exploring what it means to be a parent of a hostel adolescent assisting with their child's career development : a case study
Research indicates that parents are an important influence on the career development of their children, but, that they have often been considered as an untapped resource. Rural high school aged students, who reside in metropolitan hostels, often live with their parents for less than 15 weeks per …
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Character cars : How computer technology enhances learning in terms of arts ideas and arts skills and proceses in a year 7 male visual arts education program
… and remain to be fully explored in [visual] art education." (Callow. 2001. p,43) The aim of this research is to investigate whether the integration of Visual Arts Technology Tools (TECH-TOOLS) into Traditional Visual Arts Programs (TRAD-['ROG) enhance the students' learning in terms of Arts Ideas …
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Use of Section 20 of the Education Act 1928: The study of a contemporary issue using the narrative form
… generated by the use of Section 20 of the Education Act (1928) of Western Australia. Section 20 enables the Minister, on the recommendation of an independent panel, to direct that a school aged child with an intellectual disability be educated at a specified Education Support setting, thus …
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Teacher perceptions of student speech
… that this type of linguistic bias occurs in education and negatively impacts on dialect speakers, there has been little research in Australia. The research reported in this thesis investigates how teachers perceive the speech of school-aged students and whether the socio-economic status or …
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