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2006 Next Step Destination Survey
URL: http://education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/
Category: Transition to Further Education State and territory
Next Step is the Queensland Government's first statewide survey on the employment, study and life choices of Year 12 graduates. The 2006 survey was conducted between March and May 2006. Results are available in both statewide and regional reports.
URL: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/...ources/publications/askchildren.cfm
Category: State and territory
The 'Ask the children' series makes kids' views available to the public and decision makers. Through this series the NSW Commission for Children and Young People let people know what kids' views are about important areas of their lives. Topics include: health, well-being, children at work, education, young drivers, alcohol, immigration detention, getting help, prescription and over the counter medications, and other issues important to kids.
URL: http://www.inspire.org.au/...es/pdfs/BDDReport_1_December2007.pdf
Category: State and territory
This research report involved focus groups with young people and in-depth interviews with service providers, across Victoria. It explored how young people from a diverse range of backgrounds use ICT such as the Internet, and how this can impact on their mental health and wellbeing. The internet and mobile phones play a much greater role than expected in the lives of young people who are socially, culturally or economically marginalised, challenging the concept of the 'digital divide' which suggests that marginalised young people's use of technology is limited.
URL: http://www.det.wa.edu.au/...ability/Docs/CaringForOurChildren.pdf
Category: State and territory Youth Issues
This report presents the findings of a Western Australian study into parents' expectations and schools' understanding and delivery of pastoral care, into how students experience pastoral care provision in schools, and into how district directors assess school effectiveness in this area. It concludes with five suggestions for improvements.
Comparison of Year 12 Pre-Tertiary Mathematics Subjects in Australia 2004-2005
URL: http://www.ice-em.org.au/images/stories/FileDownloads/2.pdf
Category: Statistics State and territory
This report has been written primarily to inform teachers of first year tertiary mathematics about the differences in senior secondary school mathematics in the various States and Territories. The report focuses on Year 12 mathematics subjects that prepare students for tertiary courses in which mathematics is essential prerequisite knowledge. Pre-tertiary-entrance mathematics subjects across the Australian States and Territories vary enormously, with differences in philosophy, mathematical content and assessment so great that no two States' Year 12 mathematics subjects could be described as equivalent.
Curriculum Integration: Some Research Findings
URL: http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/...ulum/curriculum_intro.html
Category: State and territory
There are differing views amongst educators about the benefit of curriculum integration. From NSW Board of Studies, this site summarises some of the issues and points to literature about the topic.
Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) Research Unit
URL: http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/research/
Category: State and territory
The South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services encourages and supports research activities to enhance the quality of education. The DECS Research Unit aims to enhance the quality of research results by: reviewing research to ensure that departmental duty of care responsibilities are met; maximising collaboration and positive research outcomes; and disseminating information on research projects and their findings to inform best practice.
URL: http://www.waier.org.au/forums/1998/fisher.html
Category: Statistics State and territory
This study was part of an evaluation of the effectiveness of laptop computers in grades 8 and 9 science classrooms, in a sample of Australian independent Schools. Effectiveness was determined in terms of the impact laptop computers have had on laptop students' attitudinal and achievement outcomes and their perceptions of science classroom environment.
URL: http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/...hing,21284.html?issueID=10961
Category: State and territory
Evidence-based research for expert literacy teaching is a new report from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), Victoria. The report summarises current research-based evidence and opinion on how to improve students' literacy skills. It suggests that the challenge for the expert literacy teacher is not to find one approach to literacy teaching for all pedagogical contexts, but rather to draw on elements of various approaches to meet the needs of individual students.
Exploring pedagogy with interactive whiteboards: a case study of six schools
URL: http://www.ed-dev.uts.edu.au/...red/research/iwbproject/home.html
Category: State and territory
This study investigated pedagogy, attitudes, and school contexts in six schools in which interactive whiteboards are being used. The research questions that guided this study are the following: What do teachers and students see as the value of using interactive electronic whiteboards in lesson designs and what beliefs do they hold about this technology and its relationship to learning and teaching? What is the role of the school in promoting innovative use of the technology? What other contextual factors constrain or enhance the use of this technology in teaching and learning? What learning outcomes are supported by the use of interactive electronic whiteboards in various Key Learning Areas? What learning tasks are associated with these outcomes? What pedagogical approaches are being used with this technology? What does reflection about good practice and insights provided by the cases suggest about principles of good practice using interactive electronic whiteboards? The study comprised a case study at multiple sites, four of them primary schools and two high schools, all in NSW. The schools were all DET schools and there were three in the metropolitan Sydney region, one in an urban area out of Sydney and two in a rural area. The study was a qualitative one, investigating perceptions and usage through interviews, focus groups, observations and document analysis.
