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Learning, Earning And Yearning: The Case For Positive Disruption, Innovation And Expansion In Indigenous Education, Tony Dreise
Learning, Earning And Yearning: The Case For Positive Disruption, Innovation And Expansion In Indigenous Education, Tony Dreise
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
‘What for, I do this?’ asks an Aboriginal young man who has just become the first in his community to finish high school. Rather than celebrating his achievement, he felt the need to ask one of the most profound questions in education – what for or why? This particular story, discovered during the course of my PhD research, leads to an even larger question: How do we personalise education? The question seems a mile away from the perennial debate in education – ‘back to basics’ versus an expansive education agenda. Conservatives in the ‘back to basics’ corner rightly point out …
Unpacking Educational Inequality In The Northern Territory, Sven Silburn, J Mckenzie, S Guthridge, L Li, S Q. Li
Unpacking Educational Inequality In The Northern Territory, Sven Silburn, J Mckenzie, S Guthridge, L Li, S Q. Li
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session Block 3
Towards Quality And Equity: The Case For Quality Teaching Rounds, Jenny Gore
Towards Quality And Equity: The Case For Quality Teaching Rounds, Jenny Gore
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session Block 3
Students' Use Of Good Quality Learning Strategies: A Multi-Level Model Of Change Over Five Years Of Secondary School, Helen Askell-Williams, Michael J. Lawson
Students' Use Of Good Quality Learning Strategies: A Multi-Level Model Of Change Over Five Years Of Secondary School, Helen Askell-Williams, Michael J. Lawson
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session Block 3
Quality And Equity Issues Related To The Integration Of Immigrant Students In Education, Petra Stanat, Aileen Edele
Quality And Equity Issues Related To The Integration Of Immigrant Students In Education, Petra Stanat, Aileen Edele
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
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Bubalamai Bawa Gumada (Healing The Wounds Of The Heart): The Search For Resiliency Against Racism For Aboriginal Australian Students, Gawain Bodkin-Andrews, Rhonda Craven
Bubalamai Bawa Gumada (Healing The Wounds Of The Heart): The Search For Resiliency Against Racism For Aboriginal Australian Students, Gawain Bodkin-Andrews, Rhonda Craven
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Within the Australian research setting, a strong research base has emerged to articulate both the nature and impact of racism from the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It may be argued though that quantitative approaches to this research have been limited by simplistic measures that fail to capture the complexity of racism today. This limitation may have important implications for the identification of factors that could provide a buffer against the detrimental effects of racism, and thus promote a stronger and positive sense of resilience and engagement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. It is the …
Gender And Mathematics: Quality And Equity, Sue Thomson
Gender And Mathematics: Quality And Equity, Sue Thomson
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Over the past two decades, there have been no gender differences in mathematics achievement in Australia in large-scale international surveys such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Similarly, when mathematical literacy was measured in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2003, there were no gender differences. However, PISA 2012 found that, while average scores in mathematics had declined in Australia, males in Australia were significantly outperforming females, and females had significantly higher average levels of anxiety about and significantly lower levels of confidence in mathematics. In light of the recent report of the Australian …
Educational Disadvantage In Regional And Rural Schools, Stephen Lamb, Sara Glover, Anne Walstab
Educational Disadvantage In Regional And Rural Schools, Stephen Lamb, Sara Glover, Anne Walstab
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
While there is much to be valued in regional and rural education, studies in Australia have identified location and isolation as key dimensions of additional need in the provision and delivery of education. Forty years ago, in the report to the Australian Schools Commission, Karmel identified several aspects of educational disadvantage experienced by schools in country areas – including high teacher turnover, low retention rates, less confidence in the benefits of education, limited cultural facilities in the community, lack of employment opportunities for school completers, and a less relevant curriculum – that led to lower levels of attainment (Karmel, 1973). …
Early Bird Catches The Worm: The Causal Impact Of Pre-School Participation And Teacher Qualifications On Year 3 Naplan Cognitive Tests, Diana Warren, John P. Haisken-Denew
Early Bird Catches The Worm: The Causal Impact Of Pre-School Participation And Teacher Qualifications On Year 3 Naplan Cognitive Tests, Diana Warren, John P. Haisken-Denew
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), this is the first analysis for Australia to evaluate the impact of attendance at preschool programs on matched Year 3 nationwide National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test outcomes in the domains of numeracy, reading, spelling, writing and grammar. We also disaggregate the impact of specific teacher qualifications on children’s cognitive outcomes. While one year of learning in Year 3 is represented by about 50 NAPLAN points, we find average preschool domain effects as much as 10–15 points. The impacts for NAPLAN scores in numeracy, reading and spelling …
Achieving Quality And Equity For Māori Secondary School Students In New Zealand, Mere Berryman
Achieving Quality And Equity For Māori Secondary School Students In New Zealand, Mere Berryman
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session Block 1
School Attendance: Equities And Inequities In Growth Trajectories Of Academic Performance, Stephen Zubrick
School Attendance: Equities And Inequities In Growth Trajectories Of Academic Performance, Stephen Zubrick
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session Block 1
Cooperative Learning: The Behavioural And Neurological Markers That Help To Explain Its Success, Robyn Gillies, Ross Cunnington
Cooperative Learning: The Behavioural And Neurological Markers That Help To Explain Its Success, Robyn Gillies, Ross Cunnington
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Cooperative learning is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialisation and learning among students from preschool to post-secondary education and across different key learning areas and subject domains. It involves students working together in small groups to achieve common goals or complete group tasks. Interest in cooperative learning has grown rapidly over the last three decades, as research clearly demonstrates how it can be used to promote a range of achievements in reading and writing, conceptual understanding and problem-solving in science and mathematics, and higher level thinking and reasoning. It has also been shown to promote interpersonal relationships …
Learning Before The School Years: Benefits For Life, Joe Sparling, Susan Krieg, Marion Meiers
Learning Before The School Years: Benefits For Life, Joe Sparling, Susan Krieg, Marion Meiers
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent session
Quality And Equity In Vocational Education And Training (Vet), Sheldon Rothman, David Curtis, Lori Hocking, David Tout
Quality And Equity In Vocational Education And Training (Vet), Sheldon Rothman, David Curtis, Lori Hocking, David Tout
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session
Negotiating Competing Education Values: Equality, Equity, Quality And Indigenous Rights, Peter Buckskin, Gary Thomas, Zane Ma Rhea
Negotiating Competing Education Values: Equality, Equity, Quality And Indigenous Rights, Peter Buckskin, Gary Thomas, Zane Ma Rhea
2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences
Concurrent Session