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Direct linkHeggart, Keith R.; Flowers, Rick – Democracy & Education, 2019
Recent surveys have indicated a worryingly low level of support for democracy among Australian youth and around the world. For example, in the 2017 Lowy Institute Poll, 36% of Australians indicated that, in some circumstances, a nondemocratic government is preferable. Such concerns, while hardly new, have triggered calls for more civic education…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Democracy
Download full textSchuck, Sandy; Buchanan, John – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
In this conceptual paper we discuss the value of doubt in teacher education for ourselves and, by implication, more broadly. We develop an argument for the value of doubt in teacher education that grows out of the recognition of the complexity of teaching. We interrogate meanings of doubt in this context and debate the value of doubt and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Accountability
Rowlands, Julie – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
While much research on quality assurance in higher education has centred on issues related to the impact on teaching and learning and academic staff, there is a significant gap in the area of quality assurance and academic governance. Within Australia the roles of university academic boards (also known as academic senates or faculty senates) have…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance
Laakso, E-Liisa; Armstrong, Kylie; Usher, Wayne – Health Education Journal, 2012
The evolving eHealth agenda presents a range of potential opportunities for the management and prevention of chronic disease. This paper identifies issues and barriers to the uptake of eHealth and describes a strategy ("Healthy Outcomes for Australians"[C]-HOFA) for creating a central knowledge filter and cyber space method for tracking…
Descriptors: Health, Diseases, Web 2.0 Technologies, Chronic Illness
Morgan, Philip – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2008
The use of evaluation to examine and improve the quality of teaching and courses is now a component of most universities. However, despite the various methods and opportunities for evaluation, a lack of understanding of the processes, measures and value are some of the major impediments to effective evaluation. Evaluation requires an understanding…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Flow Charts, Program Improvement
Beare, Hedley – 1980
The story of successful crisis management teaches some lessons applicable not only to surmounting crises but to everyday management decisions as well. On Christmas eve, 1974, a cyclone demolished 90 percent of the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. As thousands gathered in neighborhood schools, a team of educational administrators…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer)
