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Acer 2014-2015 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

The annual report of the Australian Council for Educational Research 2014-15 includes a spotlight on ACER's work in assessment reform and innovation, digital technologies, understanding the teaching workforce, Indigenous Australians, improving equity, education monitoring, and recognition of success. The report details commissioned research and staff publications.

Acer 2013-2014 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2011-2012 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Literature Review Relating To The Current Context And Discourse Of Indigenous Tertiary Education In Australia, Michele Lonsdale, Greta Rollo, Jenny Wilkinson, Ali Radloff, Stephanie Armstrong, Gina Milgate, Jenny Trevitt

Indigenous Education Research

This review outlines some of the themes that have emerged in the growing global discourse of Indigenous education in the higher education sector. The past decade and a half have seen increased numbers of Indigenous students and academic staff in universities, a proliferation of publications exploring Indigenous issues in the academy, and heightened interest in the nature and meaning of Indigenous knowledge and studies.

This review examined information provided by 22 Australian universities to gain a picture of the research fields and topics that are attracting most interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates and academics. It also reviewed …

Acer 2010-2011 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2009-2010 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2008-2009 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2007-2008 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2006-2007 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2005-2006 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2004-2005 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 1980-2004 Annual Report Index, Margaret Findlay

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Acer 2003-2004 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Teachers Make A Difference, What Is The Research Evidence?, John Hattie

2003 - Building Teacher Quality: What does the research tell us?

My journey this morning takes me from identifying the relative power of the teacher, to a reflection on the qualities of excellence among teachers, and dwells mainly on a study undertaken in the classroom of America’s very best teachers. My search is driven by the goal of ascertaining the attributes of excellence – because if we can discover the location of these goal posts, if we can understand the height of the bar of the goal posts, we then have the basis for developing appropriate professional development, the basis for teacher education programs to highlight that which truly makes the …

A Good Start To Numeracy : Effective Numeracy Strategies From Research And Practice In Early Childhood, Brian Doig, Barry Mcrae, Ken Rowe

Student learning processes

The Commonwealth-funded Project Good Start was a longitudinal study of children during their year before school and the first year of school, involving preschool centres and schools across Australia. It considered the questions: how can effective numeracy programs be identified at both year-before-school and the early years of school; and what constitutes evidence of effectiveness. This report provides a review of the international and Australian research literature on numeracy in early childhood that complements the Department of Education, Science and Training’s major review of the numeracy literature undertaken by Deakin University. It is designed to provide early childhood professionals and …

Acer 2002-2003 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Employability Skills For Australian Industry: Literature Review And Framework Development, David C. Curtis, Phillip Mckenzie

Transition and Post-School Education and Training

The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) and the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) funded a project in 2001 to analyse and report on industry requirements for ‘employability skills’. This project was jointly managed by the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was completed in March 2002. Employability skills were defined for the purposes of the project as ‘skills required not only to gain employment, but also to progress within an enterprise so as to achieve one’s potential and contribute successfully to enterprise strategic directions’. The project was commissioned to provide: (a) …

Acer 2001-2002 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 2000-2001 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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Acer 1999-2000 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

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