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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

2001

APC Monographs (ACER)

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Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Personal Injury, Negligence And Compensation, Bernard D. Bongiorno Jan 2001

Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Personal Injury, Negligence And Compensation, Bernard D. Bongiorno

APC Monographs

Looks at contemporary developments in the law relating to personal injury, negligence and compensation, with a discussion of duty of care, and some examples of cases.


Values In Educational Leadership : Do They Really Matter?, Paul Begley Jan 2001

Values In Educational Leadership : Do They Really Matter?, Paul Begley

APC Monographs

The author discusses values and their importance in decision-making in environments where value conflicts are common - for example in terms of racial, ethnic and religious diversity, and where there is a lack of consensus on the purposes of education.


Preparing To Face The Challenges Of Principalship : The 'Prism' Model, Bruce Barnett Jan 2001

Preparing To Face The Challenges Of Principalship : The 'Prism' Model, Bruce Barnett

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The author discusses challenges facing principals and identifies two of the major ones being isolation, which prevents principals from being exposed to new ideas, and the relentless pace of their jobs which inhibits the use of reflective practice to assist them in becoming more expert problem solvers.


Mentoring For Practising And Aspiring School Leaders : The 'Sage' Model, Bruce Barnett Jan 2001

Mentoring For Practising And Aspiring School Leaders : The 'Sage' Model, Bruce Barnett

APC Monographs

Discusses functions of mentoring, characteristics and roles of mentors, benefits and problems of mentoring, and the 'SAGE' mentoring program.


Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Children And The Children's Court, Jennifer Coate Jan 2001

Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Children And The Children's Court, Jennifer Coate

APC Monographs

Outlines developments in the law relating to children and the Children's Court. Focuses on two topics: mandatory reporting, and children stalking children.


Developing Effective Learning Programs For Adults, Rosemary Cafarella Jan 2001

Developing Effective Learning Programs For Adults, Rosemary Cafarella

APC Monographs

Discusses the challenge of designing and delivering professional development that has an impact on the participants, not only at the time of the activity, but also transfers into their practice, and into that of others around them.