Recently added articles from Australian Journal of Education:
Editorial.
Nov 01, 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)
Nov 01, 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 ...
Making the transition into the first year of teaching: lessons from the Classmates initiative.(Report)
Nov 01, 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)
Nov 01, 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 ...
Transnational higher education in China: contexts, characteristics and concerns.(Report)
Nov 01, 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 ...
Increasing competition for university and the challenge of access for government school students--a case study.(Case study)
Nov 01, 2008; ... There is a wide variety of universities, university campuses and university courses in Australia available to those interested in pursuing a higher education degree. This paper examines the impact of increasing competition for entrance to university on the educational outcomes for students ...
Effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... This study examined the effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement to age 25. Data were drawn from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 individuals born in 1977 in Christchurch, New ...