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Schuck, Sandy – Studying Teacher Education, 2009
This article examines the findings of a research program that investigated primary school mathematics teaching by graduates of the teacher education program at the University of Technology Sydney. The research comprised two distinct studies, one examining the experiences of student teachers in our teacher education program and the other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation
Varley, Peter J.; And Others – 1979
Because of geographical isolation, a number of Queensland children cannot attend regular primary schools, and their education must be based at home. In 1979, 1,528 children were enrolled in the Primary Correspondence School. Children in the program receive lesson papers, textbooks and audio-visual items in the major subject areas of language arts,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Correspondence Study, Curriculum, Elementary Education
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Van Aacken, Sato – On-Call, 1996
Focuses on the efficacy of computer use for learning Kanji characters and improving Japanese vocabulary levels, with reference to software designed to improve Kanji learning in a self-access learning mode. Findings reveal that all the students in an Australian university using the computer to learn Kanji increased their grades and that those most…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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Thomson, Chihiro Kinoshita – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Examines a junior teacher internship project in which a group of third-year Australian university students of Japanese participated regularly in first-year-Japanese classroom activities. Discusses learner autonomy and cooperative learning, the project procedures, and project evaluation in terms of reactions by both first-year and third-year…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Holmberg, Borje – 1995
This book provides a comprehensive survey of literature regarding the theory and practice of distance education (DE). Among the aspects of DE discussed are the following; overall picture of DE today (concept/evolution, DE and open learning, modes of teaching/learning); background (basic questions concerning education/teaching/learning and impact…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study
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Pullen, Darren L. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
An evaluation study, assessing the pedagogical and instructional design (e-pedagogy) effectiveness of online continuing professional education (CPE) courses offered by a large Australasian CPE provider to health care professionals (HCPs). The study used a naturalistic theory approach in conjunction with a multilevel evaluation to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Professional Continuing Education, Program Evaluation