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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Perth Metropolitan Area"”.
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Teachers' experiences with disengagement in physical education classes at secondary school level in the Perth Metropolitan Area
Students’ disengagement from school has been one of the major concerns in educational research (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004). According to researchers (Alexander et al., 1997; Finn & National Center for Education Statistics, 1993; Finn & Rock, 1997; Finn & Voelkl, 1993; Fredricks & …
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A strategic analysis of e-government development among local governments in the Perth metropolitan area : a multi-case exploratory study
… development have therefore become an important area of research. Studies of E-Government have typically focused on E-Government at national level and there are few studies that have investigated the issues and challenges of E-Government at local level. This is unfortunate because research …
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What sexuality? : An exploratory study examining sexual activity and affectionate sexual expression in a Western Australian sample of older adults
… various senior groups and organisations in the Perth metropolitan area. A survey was developed that investigated what constituted affectionate expression, and interest and changes in affectionate sexual expression and sexual intercourse.
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Bloodmeal analysis of urban Western Australian mosquito species for improved public health outcomes
… and analysis of bloodfed mosquitoes within metropolitan Perth to determine their bloodmeal source. Mosquitoes were captured by a combination of sampling methods using carbon dioxide baited light traps, completed by local governments as a part of their standard mosquito control programs, and …
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Approaches to the spatial modelling of cancer incidence and mortality in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, 1990 -2005
… study was to analyse five top cancers in the Perth metropolitan area, including lung, melanoma, breast, prostate and colorectal cancers, using two methodologies: Area-to-Point Poisson (ATP) kriging and fitting an inhomogeneous Poisson process model using the Berman-Turner algorithm. ATP …
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Influence of a drama based education program on the development of empathy in year 10, Western Australian students
… conducted at one secondary school in the Perth metropolitan area with a group of Year 10 students. A constructivist, mixed methods approach was utilised to frame the study. Data was collected through structured self-response surveys for students in both experimental and control groups, as …
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Assessing variability in standardised harvest rates from shore-based recreational fishing surveys
… from shore-based recreational fishing in the Perth metropolitan region by standardising harvest rates according to influential factors. This study applied GLMs to analyse catch and effort data from a roving creel survey of shore-based recreational fishers in the Perth metropolitan area to …
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Non English speaking background migrant Muslim women and migrant English language provision
… interest because it delves into and explores an• area where much speculation has taken place, but where little research of significance has been directed. The target population is defined as adult (over age 16) Muslim women from a non-English speaking background who are currently residing in the …
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Teachers’ perspectives on the identification of, and provisions for, gifted and talented English as an additional language students
… by that 50 primary school teachers in the Perth metropolitan area while qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 15 teachers. The interviewees were representative of the mainstream, the Intensive English Centres and the Early Years Extension teachers. However, …
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The 'good mother syndrome' and playgroup: The lived experience of a group of mothers
… with mothers that attended playgroup in the Perth metropolitan area, and two focus groups, each with five participants, at two different Perth playgroups. This study found that women find the role as mothers a challenging, yet positive experience. Further, it found that challenges to identity …
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Women's perceptions of safety : CCTV in an inner city setting
… this research on the first system installed in Perth, Western Australia in 1991. There is a dearth of information on CCTV in Australia, and little research looking at the link between CCTV, women’s safety and fear of crime. The literature on fear of crime shows that women are more fearful than …
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An examination of socially constructed whole group storybook reading in three pre primary classrooms
… middle, and low socio-economic suburbs in the Perth metropolitan area. The case studies involved videotaping a storybook reading session every fortnight in each of the classrooms totalling twenty. The whole year period was considered necessary to map changes that occurred to the context and …