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202. A Model for the Planning and Organisation of Work Preparation Facilities for the Mildly Intellectually Handicapped. [The Granville Project].
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Macquarie Univ., North Ryde (Australia). School of Education. and Ward, James
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The paper describes a model for the planning and organization of work preparation facilities for the mildly retarded, and discusses the application of its modified systems approach at the Granville Work Preparation Centre in Australia. Components of the model discussed include the establishment of behavioral goals, the determination of instructional sequences and methods, the establishment of evaluation procedures, the determination of specific resource needs, the assembly of resources, the implementation of the program itself, and the achievement of terminal goals. Aspects of the Granville Center reviewed include the follow-up of students, the students' employment record, the realization of objectives, and the social competence of the students. (DLS)
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- 1978
203. Building for School and Community. IV: England, Australia. Programme on Educational Building.
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).
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Projects that aim at meeting the educational needs of a community and also at creating a framework within which the overall social needs of the community can be taken into account have been the subject of detailed case studies, each devoted to a given country. In addition, these individual studies have served as a basis for a further analysis aimed at identifying common problems and at proposing strategies for action. The texts brought together in the present volume concern England and Australia. Three reports are devoted to the English experience. The first, "Facilities for Education and Other Public Purposes in England and Wales," constitutes a substantive introduction that examines, among other things, the different forms that facilities coordination takes in England. Two particular cases are then described. The first, "Yateley School and Community Centre," reflects a situation frequently encountered in which coordination develops empirically with the facilities and the use made of them. The second, "Crewe Central Area Project," illustrates a new approach to coordination in the form of a network of facilities combining old and new buildings as part of the renovation of an old town center. The descriptive paper "Recent Developments in Australia" describes the present situation regarding coordination of school and community facilities, then gives some specific examples. (Author/MLF)
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- 1979
204. Meaning-Emphasis Methods in Teaching Reading.
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Dilena, Mike
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Teachers can encourage students to see reading as meaning-making in a number of ways. Context support methods begin by ensuring that the context is already familiar to students so that word recognition is made easier. Language experience approaches encourage children to learn to read by first reading what they have produced. Real books, as distinguished from those typed from the children's own language and those created to make reading easy by taking children through simple consonant-vowel-consonant words, can help beginning readers know that reading is for information and delight. Teachers can assist older readers by asking them to read aloud, skipping words they do not recognize; by having them read along silently while someone else reads aloud; or by having them read for a specific purpose. Useful techniques in helping students learn to read include uninterrupted silent reading, having older students read children's literature as a preparation for parenthood, helping students expect that written language will make sense, and using group prediction and group cloze procedures. (TJ)
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- 1977
205. Journeys Unlimited.
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Victoria Education Dept. (Australia). and McLeod, John N.
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"Journeys Unlimited," a piece of theater-in-education performed by Australia's Bouverie St. Theatre-in-Education team during one term in 1979 and described in this paper, formed an integral component of a larger curriculum development program undertaken in Australian primary schools. This analysis of "Journeys Unlimited" is intended to apprehend the multidimensional nature of a dramatic experience. The criticism that appears in this analysis allows teachers to plan for and be prepared to accommodate both the possible and the unusual and to avoid dead end situations that undermine the whole fabric of drama. The analysis is divided into five columns. The narrative/script column provides the verbal interaction between actors and actors, and actors and children. The structure column describes the space and everyone's movements around it. The actor/teacher's role column outlines the way the teachers function within the drama and the effect they directly have on the meaning that can be extracted from it. The student's role column explores the position in which the children are placed in relation to both the content and the actors and the learning which results from this arrangement. Finally, the language development column extracts the specific linguistic demands which are placed on the students. (HOD)
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- 1979
206. Classroom Management.
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Macquarie Univ., North Ryde (Australia). School of Education. and Porter, Robin
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Intended primarily for student teachers and beginning teachers, this paper provides a base from which teachers may develop their own approach to classroom management and suggests ways of fostering a classroom climate conducive to effective management and student self-discipline. The discussion begins by considering four factors influencing classroom practices in New South Wales, Australia: the school system, the school, the classroom, and the home. Managerial and disciplinarian approaches to controlling students are differentiated, and a list of questions designed to help teachers organize classrooms is provided. Three basic causes of misbehavior and four purposes of student attacking and defending behaviors are identified in a discussion indicating the hazards associated with using reward and punishment in instructional settings. Behaviorist, motivational, and Adlerian models for managing behavior are sketched, and various suggestions are offered about nonverbal messages, principles for effective management, ways of facilitating self-discipline, and teacher self-appraisal. Supplementary "Do's" and "Don'ts" and other hints are also offered. In conclusion, guidelines for student teachers and their cooperating teachers are offered. (RH)
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- 1983
207. Trainers in Industry and Teachers in Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Two Teaching Professions.
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Burns, David
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This paper is an exposition and comparison of the objectives, methodology, and findings of two research projects entitled "An Occupational Analysis of Training in Industry" and "An Occupational Analysis of the Work of Beginning Teachers." The relevance of these studies to the design and evaluation of teacher education curriculum and the practicum is emphasized, and reasons for using the Time-Spent Task Inventory approach are discussed. Using the CODAP system of computer programs, results of the analysis of trainers' work are outlined. Duty and task job descriptions are given and their implications for curriculum design and evaluation discussed. The trainer grouping process is explained, and groups are identified and described with duty and task job descriptions being provided, as well as a wide range of background detail. The methodology of this study is compared with that used in the "Occupational Analysis of Teaching: The Work of the Beginning Teachers," and the implications for the design of train-the-trainer and teacher education programs are discussed. Seventeen figures are included to display report data. (Author/JMK)
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- 1982
208. Youth Policies and Programs in Selected Countries.
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William T. Grant Foundation, Washington, DC. Commission on Work, Family, and Citizenship. and George, Rosemary
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Youth unemployment is hardly new, but in the 1980s it poses unprecedented problems because economic growth no longer seems to provide the necessary jobs. Youth labor markets are being stripped of entry-level jobs by new technologies, changes in the global division of labor, and the upgrading of occupational structures. This paper describes government policies and practices on youth in selected countries that have a bearing on the transition from youth to adulthood. Data were gathered in extensive interviews with embassy officials and through analysis of documents provided by them, national education authorities, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The countries surveyed were: Australia; Britain; Canada; Finland; France; Federal Republic of Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Norway; and Sweden. Findings are presented in the following areas: (1) Demography of Youth; (2) National Policies; (3) Administrative Structures; (4) Education and Training; (5) Socioeconomic and Gender Inequalities; (6) Guidance, Counseling, and Placement; (7) Financial Support; (8) National Service; and (9) Youth Organizations. Data are presented on five tables and three appendices. (BJV)
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- 1987
209. Seven Keys to Successful Study.
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Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn., Edwards, Peter, Edwards, Peter, and Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn.
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Written for secondary, technical, and technical and further education (TAFE) students, this book aims to make learning easier and more enjoyable by showing students how to use a series of basic study skills called "keys." The book offers an explanation, examples, graphic illustrations, and activities for each skill. Chapters include: (1) "Purpose"; (2) "Listening"; (3) "Reading"; (4) "Adapting Rate"; (5) "Note-Taking"; (6) "Graphics"; and (7) "Memory Techniques." Although designed as a workbook for students, the book can also be used as a reference by teachers who want to demonstrate various aspects of study skills to classes or groups. Appendixes include answers to exercises, as well as advice on test preparation, test techniques, important test words, writing a paper, and study techniques. (RS)
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- 1989
210. Ten Year Plan for the Redevelopment of Intellectual Disability Services. Final Report, August, 1988. Data Book.
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Neilson Associates Pty. Ltd., Melbourne (Australia).
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This databook for the final report of the 10-year plan to redevelop services for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Victoria, Australia, presents results of three studies. The major study provides a functional profile of people with intellectual disabilities living in State-run institutions (Residential Training Centres) or attending Adult Day Training Centres (ADTCs). On a statewide basis, data are analyzed in terms of numbers and gender, age range, length of institutionalization or other living arrangement, family contact, secondary disabilities, and skill strengths in activities of daily life. Similar profiles are then offered for each of 10 individual training centers. The second study offers the views of 1,348 adults with intellectual disabilities living in institutions, toward proposals put forward in the interim report of the 10-year planning process. Respondents indicated that key issues in the redevelopment of intellectual disability services were access to community housing, employment, and further education. The third study presents, in summary form, a picture of the diversity of programs provided to clients by the ADTCs, such as vocational, pre-vocational, independent living skills, socialization, behavior management, paramedical services, recreation, and transport. A working paper relating to the prevalence of intellectual disabilities in Victoria is also included. An appendix contains a client profile checklist. (four references) (JDD)
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- 1988
211. The Australian Mathematics Competition for the Wales Awards.
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Swetz, Frank J.
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The Australian Mathematics Competition was designed around the content of common school mathematics, and thus is intended for almost all mathematics students, not just exceptional ones. The competition's conceptual and organizational basis and the three levels of competition papers are described. Sample questions are included. (MNS)
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- 1983
212. Fashion Parade: Grade Six and Preps Collaborate as Buddies.
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Robertson, Kerry
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Describes a Costume Project wherein Australian Grade Six students and Prep students collaborated to produce costumes from paper, which were later paraded by the Preps at the school Opening Evening. (NH)
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- 1999
213. The Politics of Accountability: Educative and International Perspectives. The 1997 Yearbook of the Politics of Education Association.
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Macpherson, Reynold J. S. and Macpherson, Reynold J. S.
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This book reports on the outcomes of an international policy-research project concerned with how power is used in education to construct and discharge obligations among stakeholders. The collection of articles suggests how such processes might better serve educational ends. The research examines how the politics of education at the site and systemic levels have been contributing to the reconstruction of accountability policies in an international policy context, a context characterized by conceptual disarray, multi-reform strategies, blunt administrative instruments, and plurally political cultures. The text is divided into two parts. Part 1 reports on research conducted in North American settings, focusing on low-wealth school districts, on how to enhance accountability, on integrated governance, on authentic education accountability policies, and on patterns of social control in assessment practices. Part 2 provides research reports from England and Wales, and Australia, a comparative study of two Australian and Canadian systems, and then two philosophical chapters that examine some international dilemmas. (RJM)
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- 1998
214. The Powers of Literacy: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing.
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Cope, Bill and Kalantzis, Mary
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Documenting an educational experiment that began in Sydney, Australia, this book presents essays by theorists and practitioners in the genre literacy movement that describe this approach to literacy instruction in a clear, practical, and accessible way. The book notes that the genre approach to literacy teaching emphasizes content, structure, and sequence in literacy learning, moving beyond traditional literacy pedagogies (which stress formal correctness) and beyond the process pedagogies (which stress "natural" learning through "doing" writing). After an introduction ("How a Genre Approach to Literacy Can Transform the Way Writing Is Taught" by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis), chapters in the book are (1) "Genre as Social Process" (Gunther Kress); (2) "Histories of Pedagogy, Cultures of Schooling" (Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope); (3) "The Power of Literacy and the Literacy of Power" (Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis); (4) "Gender and Genre: Feminist Subversion of Genre Fiction and Its Implications for Critical Literacy" (Anne Cranny-Francis); (5) "A Contextual Theory of Language" (J. R. Martin); (6) "Grammar: Making Meaning in Writing" (J. R. Martin and Joan Rothery); (7) "Curriculum Genres: Planning for Effective Teaching" (Frances Christie); (8) "Genre in Practice" (Mike Callaghan and others); and (9) "Assessment: A Foundation for Effective Learning in the School Context" (Mary Macken and Diana Slade). A Bibliographic essay ("Developing the Theory and Practice of Genre-based Literacy by Bill Cope and others), a glossary of terms, and a 16-page bibliography are attached. (RS)
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- 1993
215. Changing Land Use: The Back Lachlan District of Australia. A Case Study of Land Use in a Semi-Arid Area [And] Student Work Book.
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Georgia Univ., Athens. Geography Curriculum Project. and Laws, Kevin
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A social studies unit and student workbook explore changes in land use that have occurred over time in a semiarid area of eastern Australia, the Back Lachlan District. Part of the "outback," the District consists of a huge level plain with low rainfall, only one river, and vegetation ranging from timber to grass and shrub. Chapter I elaborates on its physical characteristics. Chapter II explains that it was inhabitated by Aborigines from 30,000 years ago until the 19th century. They roamed in small nomadic groups, looking for edible plants and animals, camping near water. They had a Stone Age technology. Chapter III characterizes the white pioneer grazing stage from 1820-1866 as a period of increasing cattle grazing. Graziers moved cattle into the District from northern breeding areas to use it as a fattening area before the stock was driven south to market. Chapter IV relates a stage of deteriorating environmental conditions from 1866-1900 due to overgrazing. sheep raising replaced cattle grazing, expensive technological apparatus were required, operating costs increased, rabbits overran the land, and the human population decreased. Chapter V describes 20th century subdivision of the sheep-raising properties into smaller single-family farms. The government has introduced controlled stocking policies to prevent further environmental deterioration. The student workbook contains activities and questions to enhance student comprehension of each chapter. (AV)
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- 1978
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