Education : Research

This review calls for change. Over the last two decades, a plethora of government policies have been developed to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students. These policies have, as yet, failed to reduce significantly the gap between the educational achievements of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Australia. This review examines the research evidence underpinning current government policy. It reviews and analyses existing educational research into the precursors and concomitant factors that contribute to educational achievement for students generally and for Indigenous students in particular. The review argues that current policy in Indigenous education is not sufficiently supported by comprehensive and substantive research evidence, and argues that changes to both research methodologies and content should be made. The authors propose a national research agenda that systematically identifies and supports policy change directed at significantly improving the educational outcomes for all Indigenous students. Only then can Indigenous students become full citizens, able to fulfil their full potential. more...

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Presents international research into Problem-based Learning within a range of subject and vocational disciplines, applications and cultures from a variety of perspectives: student, facilitator, module leader, curriculum designer. This book provides a range of findings related to designing, implementing, assessing and evaluating PBL courses. more...

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How do young people navigate their way through school, home and the Internet? What value systems are they adopting? What strategies are young people using to learn: problem solving, trial and error, risk taking, common-sense learning, intuition or activity based learning? In order to motivate children to learn in classrooms, educational practices need to evolve from the content and range of young people’s personal experiences. In their first book, The Child’s World (ACER Press 2000), Margaret Robertson and Rod Gerber examined the idea that insight into how children interact with the world around them can be used to improve their ways of learning. Children’s Ways of Knowing explores further the experiences of children as they make sense of their environment. This collection of essays draws on contributions from experts in fields as diverse as education, information technology, popular culture, philosophy, geography, architecture and the environment. more...

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Presents theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and implications for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the organization of school and university education. Researcers present theoretical perspectives with proposals for and evaluations of educational practices. more...

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Written by researchers from eleven different countries, these accounts offer clear guidance on conducting different forms of international comparative research and valuable suggestions for new directions in such research. more...

Price: $180.00