Books from Australian Council for Educational Research
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Australian Education: Review of Research 1965 - 1998
By John P. Keeves, Kevin MarjoribanksThe articles in this volume provide a review of research and scholarly work in the field of education that has been undertaken in Australia during the past 30 years. Not...
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Emotional Release for Children: Repairing the Past, Preparing the Future
By Mark Pearson, Patricia NolanThis sequel to the bestselling Emotional First-Aid for Children is full of fresh answers. The background information, drawn from contemporary psychology, will support creativity in dealing with emotions. There are...
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Teaching for Learning: The View from Cognitive Psychology
By John Burville BiggsThe writers discuss: how students build knowledge, rather than just absorb it; how students approach learning within the constraints of what happens in their classrooms; how schools transmit the values...
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The Early Childhood Education of Aboriginal Australians: A Review of Six Action-research Projects
By G. Robert Teasdale, Albert J. WhitelawA detailed description is provided of six major action research projects that were initiated during the late 1960s: (i) Project Enrichment of Childhood at Bourke, N.S.W.; (ii) the Katherine project...
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Books for the Retarded Reader
By James Albert Richardson, F. T. Caust, J. A. HartBooks for the Retarded Reader
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Changing Ideas in Australian Education: Some Key Themes Since 1960
By Brian S. CrittendenTheoretical directions for the practice of education in Australia during the past two decades are critically examined. The examination of recent expressions of educational theory is in three parts: general...
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Schools and the Social Development of Young Australians
By John G. AinleyThis study was designed to investigate systematically how Australian schools provide for the social development of young people. The report presents a picture of the responses of young Australians to...
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The Class Size Question: A Study at Different Levels of Analysis
By John P. Keeves, Anthony Ignatius LarkinThe purpose of this investigation was to examine the ways in which class size affected other facets of the educational environment of the classroom. The study focused on the commonly...
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Literacy for a Changing World
By Australian Council for Educational Research, Frances ChristieThis book takes a fresh look at the basic idea of 'literacy' and proposes some new definitions to take us into the twenty- first century. It brings together nine Australian...
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Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors: A Word-stock for Indexing and Retrieving Australian Educational Literature
By Geoffrey B. Lavender, Margaret Ann FindlayThis core thesaurus of terms suitable for indexing Australian educational literature was developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research by means of a systematic and thorough revision of the...
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Early Childhood Education: Pathways to Quality and Equity for All Children
By Alison ElliottEarly childhood education in Australia has been a rapidly growing part of the education sector for the past two decades and, while complex and often controversial, has, until very recently, generated limited discussion in mainstream ...
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Immigrant Australians and Education: A Review of Research
By Andrew SturmanThis review examines whether immigrant Australians are disadvantaged educationally or vocationally by the education they receive, and whether their educational experiences are of a high quality and relevant to their...