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What Education Technology Training Are Australian Universities Providing To Our Future Teachers?, Shelley Kinash, Matthew McLean Bond University
What Education Technology Training Are Australian Universities Providing To Our Future Teachers?, Shelley Kinash, Matthew Mclean
Teaching and learning papers
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Each profession and trade comes with its specialised set of technologies. Engineers are taught to use survey equipment. Chemists learn how to use microscopes. Photographers study apertures and f-stops. Accreditation requirements associated with most careers assure that universities and TAFEs upgrade their programs so as to align them with new technological advances.
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Teaching With Technology: A University Student Perspective And Action Process, Matthew McLean, Shelley Kinash Bond University
Teaching With Technology: A University Student Perspective And Action Process, Matthew Mclean, Shelley Kinash
Teaching and learning papers
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In the contemporary teaching environment, technology plays an essential role. It has catalysed fundamental changes to the student-teacher relationship. By definition, we expect our teachers to be more experienced than their pupils, and to have greater expertise in what they teach than those they teach it to. But with iPad apps for children designed almost from the day they exit the womb, this generation of students has a head start when it comes to technology and, thereby, access to information.
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Searching For A Needle In A Haystack: Indications Of Social Justice Among Aspiring Leaders, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha University of South Florida
Searching For A Needle In A Haystack: Indications Of Social Justice Among Aspiring Leaders, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha
Zorka Karanxha
We conducted a content analysis of 34 statements of interest submitted by applicants applying to an education leadership preparation program. The purpose of the analysis was to understand the applicants’ orientations toward social justice. Using Kumashiro’s (2000) and Apple’s discussions of anti-oppressive education, we identified three practices in the candidates’ treatment of the writing prompt concerning leadership related to Othering: ignoring, marginalizing, and mentioning. The fourth practice, embodying (evidencing through practice) a social justice orientation, was a practice we identified in statements submitted by a few applicants (n=7). This article centers on the analysis of the applications ...
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Searching For A Needle In A Haystack: Indications Of Social Justice Among Aspiring Leaders, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha University of South Florida
Searching For A Needle In A Haystack: Indications Of Social Justice Among Aspiring Leaders, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha
Vonzell Agosto
We conducted a content analysis of 34 statements of interest submitted by applicants applying to an education leadership preparation program. The purpose of the analysis was to understand the applicants’ orientations toward social justice. Using Kumashiro’s (2000) and Apple’s discussions of anti-oppressive education, we identified three practices in the candidates’ treatment of the writing prompt concerning leadership related to Othering: ignoring, marginalizing, and mentioning. The fourth practice, embodying (evidencing through practice) a social justice orientation, was a practice we identified in statements submitted by a few applicants (n=7). This article centers on the analysis of the applications ...
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Creating Serious Games At Third Level: Evaluating The Implications Of An In-House Approach, Pauline Rooney Dublin Institute of Technology
Creating Serious Games At Third Level: Evaluating The Implications Of An In-House Approach, Pauline Rooney
Conference papers
Due to the inherently interdisciplinary nature of serious games their development
necessitates the effective collaboration of team members spanning multiple disciplines and skill sets (Adams 2010). In their attempts to harness these skills, most higher education projects have formed teams through academic/commercial partnerships, whereby academics and commercial developers combine their respective expertises in subject matter/pedagogy and game design/development. However considering the expertise in most higher education institutions and the recent surge in serious games courses at third level, one might reasonably conclude that higher education holds huge potential for developing serious games in-house. Yet surprisingly, such ventures ...
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Excessive Internet Use Among European Children, David Smahel, Ellen Helsper, Lelia Green, Veronika Kalmus, Lukas Blinka, Kjartan Olafsson Edith Cowan University
Excessive Internet Use Among European Children, David Smahel, Ellen Helsper, Lelia Green, Veronika Kalmus, Lukas Blinka, Kjartan Olafsson
ECU Publications 2011
This report presents new findings and further analysis of the EU Kids Online 25-country survey regarding excessive use of the internet by children. It shows that while a number of children (29%) experienced one or more of the five components associated with excessive internet use, very few (1%) can be said to show pathological levels of use.
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The Trouble With Paris: Following Jesus In A World Of Plastic Promises, Brendan Pratt Avondale College
The Trouble With Paris: Following Jesus In A World Of Plastic Promises, Brendan Pratt
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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Homework, Rachel Bentley Avondale College
Homework, Rachel Bentley
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
No abstract provided.
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Engaging With Community: How Schools Are Helping Their Students Become Informed, Responsible And Compassionate Citizens, Beverly J. Christian, Scott Camps, Lynden Chester, Philip Lillehagen, Shannon Quick, Cheryl Walsh Avondale College
Engaging With Community: How Schools Are Helping Their Students Become Informed, Responsible And Compassionate Citizens, Beverly J. Christian, Scott Camps, Lynden Chester, Philip Lillehagen, Shannon Quick, Cheryl Walsh
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
In Tasmania, high school students sit with senior citizens and individually tutor them in computer skills. At a school in Victoria, Year 9 students studying hospitality serve a meal to community guests and provide dinner entertainment. In a small rural New South Wales primary school, the children are busy in their HOPE gardens, harvesting vegetables for charity groups who take food packages to families in need. Each of these scenarios represents a deliberate attempt to connect students with their community through service.
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The Language Of Optimism, Karen Collum Avondale College
The Language Of Optimism, Karen Collum
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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The Potential To Promote Social Cohesion, Self-Efficacy And Metacognitive Activity: A Case Study Of Cross-Age Peer-Tutoring, Mandi Hill, Cedric Greive Avondale College
The Potential To Promote Social Cohesion, Self-Efficacy And Metacognitive Activity: A Case Study Of Cross-Age Peer-Tutoring, Mandi Hill, Cedric Greive
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
Cross-age peer-tutoring involves the partnering of students from different educational levels in a tutor-tutee relationship. This case study involves an Australian Christian school that ran a cross-age peer-tutoring program (known as the ‘Buddy’ Program’). Data was gathered from a mixed-method approach employing observations, questionnaires, interviews and a focus group. The study found that in this particular case: the great majority of students enjoyed the program; student tutors perceived their role as that of ‘helper’ or ‘teacher’; there was evidence that the program contributed to enhanced confidence, self-esteem and selfefficacy among tutors and tutees; teachers, parents and participants perceived that students ...
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Maps And Mentors In The Journey To Manhood, Andrew Smith Avondale College
Maps And Mentors In The Journey To Manhood, Andrew Smith
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
Boys are on a journey to manhood. With reference to academic literature and data from two studies undertaken by the author, this article explores that journey. Particular attention is given to the opportunities and challenges for educators. Aspects of the territory through which boys travel are considered, and the contribution of schools and teachers as maps, signposts and mentor / guides is discussed.
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Guiding Principles For Cultivating Sustainable Christian School Cultures In An Era Of Change, Darren Iselin Avondale College
Guiding Principles For Cultivating Sustainable Christian School Cultures In An Era Of Change, Darren Iselin
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
This article presents a selection of findings arising from a recent study that analysed and investigated how sustainable Christian school cultures can be cultivated during changing times. The inquiry was positioned within the contextually bounded system of Christian schools which, according to the literature, have historically struggled to maintain core ideology and distinctiveness beyond the consolidation or mid-life phase of cultural development. The study was framed within a qualitative paradigm of inquiry that utilised a multiple case study design to investigate how principals within six Christian schools were seeking to cultivate sustainable school cultures that preserved core ideology whilst responding ...
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The Nexus Between Principals’ Leadership Characteristics And Primary Teachers’ Response To Challenges Of Change: Teachers Are Functioning On The Outside But How Are They Coping On The Inside?, Andrew Matthes Avondale College
The Nexus Between Principals’ Leadership Characteristics And Primary Teachers’ Response To Challenges Of Change: Teachers Are Functioning On The Outside But How Are They Coping On The Inside?, Andrew Matthes
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
Significant change is occurring in the education systems in most countries around the world. This article, based on a larger educational change study, examines perceptions of Australian primary teachers employed within the Seventh-day Adventist Church education system (Adventist Schools Australia, ASA) regarding the impact of change. Teachers indicated that an increase in parent expectations is having a significant impact on their ability to manage change, both functionally and emotionally. It was found that the leaders in this system are perceived to be relatively effective across nine leadership characteristics. Modelling, based on linear regression, suggests that teachers perceived that different leadership ...
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Pedagogy: A Lexical Oddity, Norman H. Young Avondale College
Pedagogy: A Lexical Oddity, Norman H. Young
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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Eternal H&S Issues Avondale College
Eternal H&S Issues
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
No abstract provided.
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International Students In Independent Schools: The Divide Between Attitude To Mathematics Class And Perception Of Classroom Environment, Peter W. Kilgour, Tony Rickards Avondale College
International Students In Independent Schools: The Divide Between Attitude To Mathematics Class And Perception Of Classroom Environment, Peter W. Kilgour, Tony Rickards
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
The experience of students with a non-English speaking background (NESB) studying in Australian independent school classrooms is an ongoing concern for administrators of these schools. This paper reports on research by Kilgour and Rickards (2009) into the perceptions these students have of the learning environments of their Mathematics classrooms along with the same students’ attitudes to Mathematics as a subject. Data collected by survey and interview revealed that NESB students have a more positive attitude to Mathematics as a subject than their Australian classmates, but their perception of their learning environment is more negative than their Australian classmates.
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Teacher Registration: Does It Improve Teacher Quality?, Malcolm Coulson Avondale College
Teacher Registration: Does It Improve Teacher Quality?, Malcolm Coulson
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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The National Professional Standards For Teachers: Towards An Authentic Integrating Domain For Teachers In Christian Schools, Wilf Rieger Avondale College
The National Professional Standards For Teachers: Towards An Authentic Integrating Domain For Teachers In Christian Schools, Wilf Rieger
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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Editorial, Lana Hibbard Avondale College
Editorial, Lana Hibbard
TEACH Journal of Christian Education
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