
1.
(100%)
Strategic approaches to learning: an examination of children's problem-solving in early childhood classes
- Ashton, Jean; University of Western Sydney, Nepean
environment. The metacognitive, self-regulatory learning behaviours
of sixteen kindergarten students were
..., where the focus is on understanding and meaning, or surface approaches, where the meeting
of
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2.
(86%)
Peaceful warriors : a case study in conflict resolution education
- Jacobson, Ann; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
This case study began as a peer mediation program for a class
of Year 4 students, implemented over an eighteen-month period as part
of the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education syllabus
- 13-oct-2009

3.
(86%)
English K-6 syllabus and support document (1994) : imperilled by politics and paradigm shifts
- Pennell, Beverley; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
revision by 1998. This is an extraordinary example
of 'the written curriculum'
of subject English, a site
of intense ideological and pedagogical contestation. The Report produced by the Eltis Committee
of
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4.
(86%)
Attitude and achievement of females in science : girls in single sex classes in the coeducational environment
- Hayward, Ian; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
varied and in many instances interrelated, including those
of peer pressure, self-perception and teacher influences. One possible outcome is that
of the number
of females selecting science at the
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5.
(86%)
Academic culture, attitudes and values of leaders, and students' satisfaction with academic culture in Australia's universities
- Fazaeli, Ahmad; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
defined and measured the 'academic culture'
of the institution and explored the different effects
of emphasising human or task orientations on this academic culture. Finally, the relationship between
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6.
(86%)
An investigation of the perceptions at an extended stay outdoor education school program : a case study at Timbertop
- Jimenez, Simon; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
existed throughout most
of the twentieth century. However, there is limited published research
... uncover and examine the perceptions
of stakeholders within an ESOESP, in order to understand and highlight
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7.
(86%)
Human literacy: liberal neglect in A Statement on English for Australian Schools
- Kindler, Michael; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
what it does not, say in respect
of literature education. It argues the need to reconceptualise the
... as Human Literacy. It does so on the basis
of a theoretical exploration
of reader and text. Human
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8.
(86%)
Building the bridges: the transition to school for children with special needs and their families
- Newman, Linda; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
school. Research was carried out in
Western Sydney with a group
of early childhood teachers who described
...The process
of transition to school for children with special needs is a complex one. There is
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9.
(86%)
Leadership philosophies and organisational adoption of a new information technology
- Kakabadse, Nada Korac; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Commerce
This is a study
of the relationship between information technology (IT) dimensions and three
... hypotheses were formulated and tested using data collected from a sample
of 750 senior civil servants
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10.
(86%)
Morphological aspects of Arabic verb in translation
- Ihsheish, Shaher; University of Western Sydney, Nepean; Faculty of Education
The research examined the relationships between the morphological structures and features
of Arabic and English verbs. An examination
of the corpus in the research, which compiled 2000 verbs and
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