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Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2010
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system plagued by high cancellation rates in general, indigenous…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Indigenous Populations, Census Figures
Evans, Terry; Stacey, Elizabeth; Tregenza, Karen – International Review of Open and Distance Learning, 2001
Interviews with 25 teachers and 95 students discussed how satellite-based, narrowcast interactive television was implemented in Australian elementary-secondary classrooms for second language instruction. Despite some positive experiences, participation declined due to poor program quality, inappropriate pace and level, and repetitive worksheets.…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interactive Television
Zimmer, Bruce – 1995
How institutional research can improve the quality of institutional performance of colleges and universities in the face of funding constraints is discussed. An example of the use of instructional research to assist in documenting institutional quality in Australia is noted. Institutional research uses data collection, analysis, and interpretation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making, Educational Quality