Australian Journal of Education articles from April 2006

Australian Journal of Education archives from April 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Issue 50.1 of the Australian Journal of Education marks our 50th year. The AJE was established back in 1957 under the editorship of Professor Bill Connell. In the 50 years since then, the AJE has drawn upon research conducted in Australia and...

University student conceptions of learning science through writing.
April 1, 2006... First-year undergraduate science students experienced a writing program as an important part of their assessment in a biology subject. The writing program was designed to help them develop both their scientific understanding as well as their...

Involvement of fathers in primary school activities.
April 1, 2006... A telephone survey investigated the level of father involvement in primary schools in a regional area of New South Wales. Hypotheses tested were: (a) that the level of mother involvement is higher than that of fathers, and (b) that fathers are...

Memory and marginalisation--aboriginality and education in the assimilation era.
April 1, 2006... In the mid-twentieth century many Aboriginal Australians moved to live in Australian cities in search of life opportunities that were not available to them in rural areas. This article explores the life history narratives of three Indigenous...

Accommodating students excluded from regular schools in schools of isolated and distance education.
April 1, 2006... In Western Australia there is a relatively small number of students whose behaviour is so severe that they are precluded from participating in regular schools. One alternative education placement for these students has been to enrol them in the...

The impact of sound-field amplification in mainstream cross-cultural classrooms: part 1 educational outcomes.
April 1, 2006... The aim of this study was to examine the effects of sound-field amplification intervention on the acquisition of specific educational goals for children in mainstream cross-cultural classrooms. Twelve classes of Year 2 children participated in...

The impact of sound-field amplification in mainstream cross-cultural classrooms: part 2 teacher and child opinions.(Teacher Opinions re Performance in Classrooms)
April 1, 2006... This article presents teachers' and children's views of the effectiveness of sound-field amplification intervention. The rating scale, Teacher Opinions re Performance in Classrooms (TOPIC) provided information on teacher perceptions regarding...

A good teacher in every classroom.(Book review)
April 1, 2006... A good teacher in every classroom Linda Darling-Hammond and Joan Baratz-Snowden (Eds.) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005 ISBN 0 787 974 668 There has been growing realisation that the major equity issue in education is the provision of...