Australian Journal of Education articles from April 2001

Australian Journal of Education archives from April 2001

Editorial.
April 1, 2001... As the newly appointed Editor of the Australian Journal of Education I would like first of all to thank my predecessor, Gabriele Lakomski, for the important contribution that her editorship of the journal made to education studies in Australia...

The endgame for national girls' schooling policies in Australia?
April 1, 2001... Gender equity: A framework for Australian schools is the most recent policy dealing with gender in schools at the national level in Australia. This paper provides a critical discourse analysis of the policy document, tracking two themes: `the...

Policy and performance: Aboriginal Education in Western Australia in the 1990s.
April 1, 2001... Concern about low rates of participation and achievement among Aboriginal students intensified from the late 1960s. Twenty years later this concern was formalised into the National Aboriginal Education Plan (NAEP), a commonwealth/state...

Improving post-school outcomes for rural school leavers.
April 1, 2001... A study of Year 10 leavers from rural high schools in Tasmania has found that school pressures to remain in Years 11 and 12 have not necessarily solved the post-school career dilemmas of rural youth. Indeed, despite growing numbers of VET...

Self-identity issues of South Asian young people in Australian schools.
April 1, 2001... The aim of this study is to ascertain the perceptions of South Asian parents and young people with regard to a range of identity-related issues and education. To obtain a comprehensive and balanced picture, a number of white teachers is also...

Making difference count: a demographic study of overseas born teachers.
April 1, 2001... This article reports on the findings of a demographic study which is part of an Australian Research Council funded case study. It seeks to better understand the experiences and challenges facing teachers who are overseas born and educated...

Internationalisation of education: a business perspective.
April 1, 2001... Australian schools and universities are increasingly becoming involved in earning revenue from foreign students. This process is strongly associated with the broader concept of `internationalisation of education'. To explore the implications of...

The measurement of student achievement in music using a Rasch measurement model.
April 1, 2001... This paper explains the making of an objective measure of music achievement for students in Western Australian government schools. Forty-five music achievement tasks were developed to reflect exemplary classroom practice for three levels of...