Australian Journal of Education articles

Recent articles from Australian Journal of Education

Editorial.
November 1, 2008... Welcome to the final issue of the Australian Journal of Education for 2008. As I look over the range of content covered in this volume, I cannot help but ponder the extent to which the content of the journal reflects the issues of most concern to educators, policy-makers and the general...

Are young Muslims adopting Australian values?(Report)
November 1, 2008... Recently politicians in Australia have raised concerns that some Muslims are not adopting Australian values to a sufficient extent. In this paper I explore the notion of Australian values with respect to immigrant youth. By analysing interviews with 32 Muslim students who are 15-18 years of...

Making the transition into the first year of teaching: lessons from the Classmates initiative.(Report)
November 1, 2008... Based on research into the University of Western Sydney's new secondary teacher education initiative, Classmates, this paper argues that first-year-out teachers placed in disadvantaged schools may be better prepared to deal with the needs of their students if three conditions are met:...

Social class, identity and the 'good' student: negotiating university culture.(Report)
November 1, 2008... Through the use of narrative portraits this paper discusses social class and identity, as working-class university students perceive them. With government policy encouraging wider participation rates from under-represented groups of people within the university sector, working-class students...

Transnational higher education in China: contexts, characteristics and concerns.(Report)
November 1, 2008... Transnational higher education is a rapidly growing phenomenon that is under-researched and often even misunderstood. As the world's most promising market, China has the potential to dwarf all traditional offshore markets. Little research has been done to seriously analyse the fast growth in...