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Australian Government Programmes for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines: 2005 to 2008
URL: http://www.dest.gov.au/...inistrative_guidelines_2005_to_2008.htm
Category: School education topics
The Administrative Guidelines set out the objectives, administrative requirements and funding allocations for Australian Government programmes for schools. Also included is the Annual National Report (ANR) Information Framework.
URL: http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/
Category: School education topics
The Trust is a national non-profit organisation. It administers mathematical enrichment activities for Australian and international students and publishes books on mathematical enrichment. Its Trustee is the University of Canberra and its Board comprises representation from the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Mathematical Society, the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, and a number of academics and corporate people. Its activities include the Australian Mathematics Competition and the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC), which runs many mathematics activities, culminating in selection of a team of students who represent Australia internationally, and the Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee (AIOC), which runs a number of activities in Informatics (Computer Science), culminating in selection of a team of students who represent Australia internationally.
URL: http://www.bravehearts.org.au/
Category: Youth Issues School education topics
Bravehearts aims to 'Break the Silence' about child sexual abuse, provide healing and support, engender child sexual assault prevention and protection strategies; advocate for understanding and promote increased education and research. Their work includes: counselling and support program; Ditto's Keep Safe Adventure CD-Rom an education program; Respect MySpace; Fair Play training and awareness workshops; White Balloon Awareness Campaign; advocacy. lobbying and campaigning; sexual assault disclosure scheme; Loud & Clear educative booklet; Crisis information pack; and research program.
Building a Healthy, Active Australia
URL: http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/
Category: School education topics
The site provides access to practical information and updates, news for families, parents, teenagers, children and their carers and older Australians on healthy eating, regular physical activity and active living. Information is provided on the 'Healthy School Communities', Active After School Communities' and the 'Active School Curriculum' initiatives.
Bullying in school: guidelines for effective action
URL: http://www.education.unisa.edu.au/bullying/bguide2.htm
Category: School education topics
This article provides ten guidelines for effective action to reduce bullying in schools. Information is also provided about questionnaires for assessing bullying in schools.
Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project
URL: http://www.careerlighthouse.dest.gov.au/
Category: School education topics
The Career Education Lighthouse Schools Project recognises good practice and encourages innovation in school career education programmes by providing funding to schools. The aim of the Lighthouse project is to improve the delivery of career education in schools through disseminating positive examples of career education programmes which encourage other schools to develop a planned and coordinated approach to career education.
Consumer and Financial Literacy Professional Learning Program
URL: http://www.financialliteracy.edu.au/
Category: School education topics
The Consumer and Financial Literacy Professional Learning Program aims to build the capacity of teachers in primary and secondary schools to engage students in consumer and financial literacy. The Professional Learning Package includes a facilitator guide consisting of introductory notes and three separate modules - core, primary and secondary - with a CD-ROM of slides; and a teacher guide containing a collection of resources to assist teachers to build their understanding of the context for consumer and financial literacy. Links are provided to teacher and student resources.
Counselling Services for Parents and Children
URL: http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/resources/counselling.html
Category: Youth Issues School education topics
The Australian organisations and links described on this page from the Australian Institute of Family Studies provide a focus on counselling support for children and parents. Many are good starting points for locating other organisations or links in this area.
URL: http://www.courseplus.com.au/
Category: School education topics
CoursePlus is a joint initiative of Curriculum Corporation and The Good Guides Group. CoursePlus undertakes the most extensive course, job and career data collection in Australia, regularly contacting over 2,000 sources of information to populate a central database on behalf of Australia's Education Ministers.
URL: http://wwwfp.education.tas.gov.au/english/critlit.htm
Category: Literacy policy and reports School education topics
Critical literacy is one of the four interrelated dimensions of language use. It shows us ways of looking at written, visual and spoken texts to question the attitudes, values and beliefs that lie beneath the surface. This website produced by the Tasmanian Educational Leaders' Institute outlines strategies for implementing critical literacy in the classroom.
