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Attracting The Bright And Committed Into Teaching: Political Rhetoric Or Practical Reality?, Anne Graham, Renata Phelps, Berenice Kerr, Lee Macmaster
Attracting The Bright And Committed Into Teaching: Political Rhetoric Or Practical Reality?, Anne Graham, Renata Phelps, Berenice Kerr, Lee Macmaster
Dr Renata Phelps
This article reports on a university developed board endorsed course (UDBEC), which allows higher school certificate (HSC) students to undertake two units of an undergraduate teaching degree as part of their final year of schooling. The course, Springboard into teaching, is a collaborative initiative of the School of Education at Southern Cross University (SCU) and the Catholic education office (CEO) in Lismore, New South Wales (NSW). The course aimed to attract students to the teaching profession, and targeted motivated and high achieving students with an interest in studying teaching at the local university. This article describes Springboard into teaching, and …
Constructing High Quality Learning Environments Using Learning Designs And Learning Objects., B. Harper, S. Agostinho, Sue Bennett, J. Lukasiak, Lori Lockyer
Constructing High Quality Learning Environments Using Learning Designs And Learning Objects., B. Harper, S. Agostinho, Sue Bennett, J. Lukasiak, Lori Lockyer
Dr. Jason Lukasiak
Designing learning experiences supported by information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming an important skill for all academics in the higher education sector. With a range of "quality" measures being implemented and foreshadowed by government, including "dollars" linked to student learning outcomes, all academics will be increasingly asked to examine their instructional strategies and to offer high quality learning opportunities. Sharing learning resources is seen as one strategy to help academics in this change process. As such, online repositories of learning objects are flourishing to encourage the concept of reuse. However, what is lacking are tools to support academics in …
Learning In Education, Stanton Wortham
Learning In Education, Stanton Wortham
Stanton Wortham
Learning takes place in many settings, but educational institutions foster both breadth and depth of learning. Different types of teaching make very different assumptions about what learning is.
Learning To Transgress: Embedded Pedagogies Of The Gothic, Jan Wellington
Learning To Transgress: Embedded Pedagogies Of The Gothic, Jan Wellington
Jan Wellington
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Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Take A Deep Breath: On Not Losing The Turtle In The Technology, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Marilyn R. Pukkila
Understanding media messages and selecting worthwhile sources of information require the ability to analyze and deconstruct messages.
An Act Of Translation: The Need To Understand Students' Understanding Of Critical Thinking In The Undergraduate Classroom, Tiffany Gayle Chenault, Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello
An Act Of Translation: The Need To Understand Students' Understanding Of Critical Thinking In The Undergraduate Classroom, Tiffany Gayle Chenault, Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello
Tiffany Chenault