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Understanding Collaborative Teacher Teams As Open Systems For Professional Development, Kylie Lipscombe, Kellie A. Buckley-Walker, Peter Mcnamara
Understanding Collaborative Teacher Teams As Open Systems For Professional Development, Kylie Lipscombe, Kellie A. Buckley-Walker, Peter Mcnamara
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Teacher collaboration continues to be deeply grounded within effective professional development. Teacher teams, where small groups of teachers work together in teaching and learning, have become progressively more popular and are considered one of the most effective approaches to improvement and growth. However, teacher teams are situated within a school system where interrelated sets of elements, such as resources and priorities, interact and impact on their work. These interactions can both enable and constrain the necessary conditions of members working effectively together but also their capabilities in producing a meaningful impact on the school organization. As such, paying attention to …
Collaborative Onscreen And Offscreen Play: Examining Meaning-Making Complexities, Lisa K. Kervin, Irina Verenikina, Maria Clara Rivera
Collaborative Onscreen And Offscreen Play: Examining Meaning-Making Complexities, Lisa K. Kervin, Irina Verenikina, Maria Clara Rivera
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Playing with toys has been an established part of early childhood education for many years. Educators and theorists agree that opportunities to engage in make-believe play provide a wide range of avenues for enhancing literacy practices in the early years as children make meaning of their surrounding contexts. The increased availability and accessibility of mobile digital technologies has seen children more frequently engage in screen-based or "digital" play, sometimes leaving behind traditional forms of make-believe play with physical objects in physical spaces. However, when combined traditional make-believe and digital play complement each other in providing a rich texture for making …
Effective Practices For Interagency Data Sharing: Insights From Collaborative Research In A Regional Intervention, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill, Kathleen Mee
Effective Practices For Interagency Data Sharing: Insights From Collaborative Research In A Regional Intervention, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill, Kathleen Mee
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Data sharing adds considerable value to interagency programs that seek to tackle complex social problems. Yet data sharing is not easily enacted either technically or as a governance practice, especially considering the multiple forms of risk involved. This article presents insights from a successful data sharing project in a major region in east coast Australia involving a federally funded research partnership between two universities and a number of human services agencies. The Spatial Data Analysis Project sought to establish a community of practice for devising data sharing protocols and embedding data sharing into agency practices. Close dialogue between the project …
A Collaborative Initiative Working Towards Closing The Education And Health Gap In Remote Aboriginal Communities, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett, Marina Papic
A Collaborative Initiative Working Towards Closing The Education And Health Gap In Remote Aboriginal Communities, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett, Marina Papic
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Abstract presented at The Inaugural Early Start Conference, 28-30 September 2015, Wollongong, Australia