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Psychodrama As A Personal Growth Experience : A Programme For Teacher Trainees, John Carroll, Noel Howieson
Psychodrama As A Personal Growth Experience : A Programme For Teacher Trainees, John Carroll, Noel Howieson
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Churchlands College was established in 1972 and was drawing up its first course submission when legislation separating teacher training institutions from the State Government Education Department was passed. With autonomy from the outset, staff were able to plan courses consistent with their own values and expertise. The College as a whole adopted a three-pronged approach to teacher preparation with programmes in curriculum and instruction methods, education and educational psychology and in personal and professional growth and development. Each department considered its possible contribution to these streams. I n considering its contribution to the personal growth programme for trainees the Psychology …
Diploma In Education? Rethinking The Curriculum., A. J. Fielding, D. M. Cavanagh, R. E. Widdowson
Diploma In Education? Rethinking The Curriculum., A. J. Fielding, D. M. Cavanagh, R. E. Widdowson
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
For well over half a century the traditional end-on diploma year has been under fire from university departments, students, and the teaching profession. How is it possible in one year for students to reach adequate levels of knowledge and understanding in a large number of subjects, epistemologicalIy diverse and frequently outside their undergraduate experience? The answer of course, is that it is not possible to believe otherwise is to labour under gross delusion. A university department of education, acting with the best of intentions, cannot give more than cursory attention to even the most essential elements of a preservice programme …
Teacher Representation And Some Problems For Changing Structures Of Teacher Education, Lyn Yates
Teacher Representation And Some Problems For Changing Structures Of Teacher Education, Lyn Yates
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Two issues concerning the structure of teacher education are important in Australia today, and have significance for how the substance of that education, and of what is involved in being a teacher, are conceived. One is a long established debate about the role of teachers in the schools (in contrast to 'academics') in deciding the direction which teacher education should take and in taking responsibility for it. The second issue of structure concerns the function and relation to each other of different education programmes which a teacher may undertake in the course of his career. These include, for example, the …
Study Behaviour And Tertiary Academic Achievement, E. P. Otto
Study Behaviour And Tertiary Academic Achievement, E. P. Otto
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Sufficient time and effort expended in study have been shown to be essential pre-requisites to satisfactory examination performance at tertiary level. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the relationship between academic achievement and the variables of student attitudes toward study, effort expended in studying, the availability of a study room and scholarship status. All these variables were significantly related to examination performance during various years of the courses studied. The effects of the study variables operated differentially for males and females in the sample.
Continuing Education For Indonesian Language Teachers In Victoria, Australia, Lambert Kelabora
Continuing Education For Indonesian Language Teachers In Victoria, Australia, Lambert Kelabora
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The last ten years have witnessed a significant growth in the teaching of Bahasa Indonesia in Australia. Of the 98 Indonesian language teachers in 1975, 62 (63%) responded to the present study. Amongst them were eight native speakers of Bahasa Indonesian who are all teaching at private schools. This paper explores the needs for and the provision of in-service training amongst these teachers. Some suggested solutions to the problems in this field will be implicit in the analysis.