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An Investigation Into The Use Of Filmed Scenarios For The Testing Of ‘Understanding People’ In Medical Selection Tests, Jennifer Bryce, Judy Nixon
An Investigation Into The Use Of Filmed Scenarios For The Testing Of ‘Understanding People’ In Medical Selection Tests, Jennifer Bryce, Judy Nixon
Dr Jennifer Bryce
No abstract provided.
The Development Of A Test Of Interpersonal Understanding (Emotional Intelligence) Using Filmed Scenarios, Jennifer Bryce
The Development Of A Test Of Interpersonal Understanding (Emotional Intelligence) Using Filmed Scenarios, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
No abstract provided.
What Can Be Learned From The Roller Coaster Journeys Of Young People Making Ultimately Successful Transitions Beyond School?, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson
What Can Be Learned From The Roller Coaster Journeys Of Young People Making Ultimately Successful Transitions Beyond School?, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This project investigated the interrelationships between family expectations and young people's post-school plans. The ten young people were achievers from The Smith Family's 'Learning for Life' program. All of the participants were from financially disadvantaged families. The research used interviews to understand these young people's perspectives of their transition experiences: the ways in which young people's school experiences impacted on their post-school pathways; how the young people weighed up costs and benefits in their decision-making; and exploration of the barriers and enablers encountered by the young people in their transition journeys. The findings endorsed the significant role played by families …
Engaging Secondary School Students In Lifelong Learning, Jennifer Bryce, Graeme Withers
Engaging Secondary School Students In Lifelong Learning, Jennifer Bryce, Graeme Withers
Dr Jennifer Bryce
A 'lifelong learning' orientation to education is seen as vital if young people are to thrive in the knowledge rich, constantly changing world of today and the immediate future. This study identifies ways that the foundations for lifelong learning can be built in secondary schools. 'Lifelong learning' is interpreted as engaging people with learning throughout all stages of their lives. Lifelong learning at secondary school level is concerned with keeping students engaged in learning, and developing in those students the characteristics that will make learning an integral and valued part of their lives when they leave school. Thus the report …
Different Steps : Post-School Pathways For Australian Students, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson
Different Steps : Post-School Pathways For Australian Students, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson
Dr Jennifer Bryce
New research investigates students' often non-linear post-school transitions. A new report, 'Australian Stories: Young People, Their Families and Post-School Plans', builds on research undertaken by the Australian Council for Educational Research for the Smith Family. It examines the stories of nine young people who have participated in the Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program and who are considered to have made a positive start towards achieving their post-school goals. By asking these young people questions about their decision-making, the barriers they faced, and strategies for overcoming these, the study suggests ways that young people in similar situations may be …
Australian Young People : Their Stories, Their Families And Post School Plans, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson, Tracey Frigo, Phillip Mckenzie
Australian Young People : Their Stories, Their Families And Post School Plans, Jennifer Bryce, Michelle Anderson, Tracey Frigo, Phillip Mckenzie
Dr Jennifer Bryce
In 2006, an OECD report noted that Australia has one of the highest gaps between high and low performing students, with the low performing students coming largely from low SES backgrounds. In conjunction with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), The Smith Family has been researching the challenges faced by Learning for Life students, all from low SES backgrounds, in making successful post-school transitions. Last year's report flagged how important it would be to tap into the family context more deeply to assess the degree and type of influence that families were having on the decision making processes of …
Generic Skills In Arts Education: Their Use And Usefulness, Jennifer Bryce, Adrian Beavis
Generic Skills In Arts Education: Their Use And Usefulness, Jennifer Bryce, Adrian Beavis
Dr Jennifer Bryce
No abstract provided.
The Mayer Key Competencies And Arts Education, Jennifer Bryce, Adrian Beavis, Joan Livermore, John O'Toole
The Mayer Key Competencies And Arts Education, Jennifer Bryce, Adrian Beavis, Joan Livermore, John O'Toole
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This report Is the major outcome of the project Evaluating the Key Competencies In the Arts conducted by the National Affiliation of Arts Educators (NAAE) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA). The report uses the voices of arts teachers to show how the key competencies may have a generic function across the five arts areas and to explain how the construct of 'competency' makes sense In the arts field.
A Whole School Approach To Assessing Personal And Interdisciplinary Learning, Jennifer Bryce
A Whole School Approach To Assessing Personal And Interdisciplinary Learning, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
In this article, the author considers the challenges of assessing the cross-curricular domains of learning contained in the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and the place that a whole-school approach may take in this process. The recently introduced Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) pose new challenges for teachers. Some of the VELS, such as the Science domain, are 'discipline-based learning'; they are content-based and conceptualised in a way with which teachers are familiar. But some, such as the domain of 'Thinking' in Interdisciplinary Learning and the domain of 'Personal Learning', in Physical Personal and Social Learning, are cross-curricular. This article addresses …
Constructing Intra And Interpersonal Competencies In A Context Of Lifelong Learning, Jennifer Bryce
Constructing Intra And Interpersonal Competencies In A Context Of Lifelong Learning, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
The main aim of this thesis is to define the personal competencies that are needed when young people start work. This task has arisen in the context of a society where the nature of work changes frequently and there is a knowledge economy, with mounting tension between the information rich who are employed and affluent, and the information poor, who are not. Indeed, knowledge itself changes rapidly. The thesis is underpinned by a belief that it is more important to have the ability to learn than to possess pieces of technical knowledge. This interpretation of 'lifelong learning' is concerned with …
Reflections On Planning A Case Study, Jennifer Bryce
Reflections On Planning A Case Study, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
It seems that 'case study' can mean very different things. The staunch positivists treat it warily as some kind of slippery, self-indulgent chat about one's personal experiences at a site. Others mistakenly equate 'case study' with all forms of qualitative inquiry. And some see it merely as a way of making a quantitative study more interesting, but when used appropriately, well-planned, with participants and researcher working a collaborative manner, case study can be a powerful means of investigation. The author outlines the reason to undertake a case study and shares some issues that arise in the planning. Like most research, …
Keynotes [Sound Recording] : Music Evaluation Kit, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
Keynotes [Sound Recording] : Music Evaluation Kit, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
Dr Jennifer Bryce
'Keynotes' is a multi-faceted, multimedia program for teachers and students of music. A range of computer-scored assessment tasks lets teachers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in a student's musical ability, while the orientation section profiles over 20 instruments to help students make an informed decision about which instrument to learn.
The School Based Key Competencies Levels Assessment Project: Final Report, Doug Mccurry, Jennifer Bryce
The School Based Key Competencies Levels Assessment Project: Final Report, Doug Mccurry, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This project aimed to explore the school based assessment of levels of student performance on the constructs nominated by the Mayer Committee in their report 'The Key Competencies (1992)'. In a trial assessment 110 teachers in 10 schools across the country were asked to give global assessments of each of the key competencies for a total of 629 Year 11 students they were currently teaching using the key competencies framework developed for the purpose during the project. Also surveyed were the reactions of employers to a report format including the summary levels of performance developed in the assessment trial. At …
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using A Computer- Interactive Format For Music Assessment, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using A Computer- Interactive Format For Music Assessment, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This article considers the advantages and disadvantages of using a computer interactive format for assessment. It is written in the light of experiences involving the adaptation of an existing music test designed for use at the beginning of secondary school to a computer interactive format requiring only the basic hardware that is likely to be available in Australian secondary schools.
Reflections On The Value Of Vce For Young People Not Intending To Go To University, Jennifer Bryce
Reflections On The Value Of Vce For Young People Not Intending To Go To University, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This thesis investigates the experiences of eighteen young people who completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in 1991 without intending to proceed to university. It examines their reasons for staying at school to complete VCE and their perceptions of the VCE year and its usefulness to them. This study was prompted by current changes in perceptions of the purpose of post compulsory education shown by government drives for high retention rates in Year 12 and moves for vocationally oriented competency based curricula. Such moves have implied a broader definition of VCE than its traditional role as a means of …
Acer And University Of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit: Handbook And Report, Jennifer Bryce
Acer And University Of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit: Handbook And Report, Jennifer Bryce
Dr Jennifer Bryce
This publication has been designed to accompany the ACER and University of Melbourne Music Evaluation Kit, a series of criterion referenced tests for use at the beginning of secondary school. Contents include a description of the design and development of the tests, a discussion focussing on the uses of criterion referenced tests comparing these with the uses of norm referenced tests. Technical data on the tests is presented, including item facility and discrimination, reliability, validity, and a discussion of test homogeneity. There is a final section on the evaluation of the tests which opens up further areas for research in …