Reaching out to the west : An assessment of Chinese students' views regarding foreign-delivered university programs in China
- Authors: Willis, Mike
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Teaching in International Business Vol. 21, no. 1 (2010), p. 53-68
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- Description: This article identifies the views and expectations of Chinese students located in nine cities in China and Hong Kong in regard to the delivery of foreign degree programs within China. This delivery mode is becoming a common form of educational delivery and augments other modes of international activity such as study abroad and distance education. The research has found that students wanted a relatively unadapted course, delivered in English by foreign academics, with a high level of academic and administrative servicing in China. They did not like subjects which had been overly adapted for the Chinese market, since these were viewed to be somewhat lacking in authenticity. However, some very minor areas of adaptation were required to meet some specific local requirements, but in essence students wanted courses which were a close replication of what it would be like to study in the foreign university location, whether it be in America, Australia, or Europe. The value of this research is that it identifies the desire of students for relatively unadapted foreign programs in China. This finding is of use to foreign universities planning courses and programs in China and also adds to the debate about the adaptation or standardization of services in a Chinese context. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Listening to teachers, learning about teaching
- Authors: Brown, Maryann
- Date: 2009
- Type: Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Curriculum Studies Vol. 41, no. 1 (2009), p. 131-144
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Australian Rural Accountants views on how locally provided CPD compares with City-based provision
- Authors: Halabi, Abdel
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Accounting Education Vol. 24, no. 6. Special Issue: RMIT Accounting Educators' Conference 2014 (2015), p. 539-554
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- Description: This paper analyses Australian rural accountant's attitudes and levels of satisfaction with continuing professional development (CPD), based on whether the CPD was delivered by a professional accounting body in a rural or metropolitan area. The paper responds to prior research that finds rural accountants are dissatisfied with professional accounting bodies [Rural and regional Australian public accounting firm services: Service provision, concerns and tensions. Australian Accounting Review, 23(23), 163–176]. Findings of a survey to which 156 rural accountants responded were that when CPD is delivered into the rural areas, there are greater levels of CPD satisfaction. The study also found that cost was significantly better for rural-delivered CPD and that when more rural-based CPD was attended differences became more significant across a number of satisfaction measures. The findings have important implications for both rural accountants and professional accounting bodies. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Modelling the effect of worship attendance and personal prayer on spiritual well-being among 9- to 11-year-old students attending Anglican church schools in Wales
- Authors: Francis, Leslie , Fisher, John , Lankshear, David , Eccles, Emma
- Date: 2018
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- Relation: International Journal of Children's Spirituality Vol. 23, no. 1 (2018), p. 30-44
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- Description: This study employs a modified form of the Fisher 16-item Feeling Good, Living Life measure of spiritual well-being (assessing quality of relationships across four domains: self, family, nature and God) among a sample of 1,328 students drawn from year five and year six classes within Church in Wales primary schools, alongside measures of frequency of worship attendance and frequency of personal prayer. The data demonstrate frequency of personal prayer is a much stronger predictor than frequency of worship attendance in respect of spiritual well-being. This finding is consistent with the view that personal prayer is a key factor in the formation of individual spirituality.
The expansion and contraction of the apprenticeship system in Australia, 1985-2020
- Authors: Smith, Erica
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Vol. 73, no. 2 (2021), p. 336-365
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- Description: This paper chronicles and analyses the expansion and contraction of the Australian apprenticeship system from 1985 to 2020. The system expanded from a small number of occupations, mainly in craft and manufacturing areas, to include many other occupations, notably in the different types of service sectors. The expansion was achieved primarily through a new type of apprenticeship, known as a traineeship, to augment the existing more traditional apprenticeships. Since 2012, the system has contracted considerably, and the participation rate of women has been affected disproportionately. The period of expansion of the system was book-ended by two major government-instigated documents, in 1985 and 2011. In 1985 a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Labour Market Programs proposed the introduction of traineeships, and in 2011 an Expert Panel on Apprenticeships sought to reduce numbers through the application of specific criteria for government support, which primarily affected the occupations served by traineeships. Two sources of evidence are used to examine the expansion and contraction of the apprenticeship system: data from the national apprenticeship statistics collection maintained by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) and key government reports over the 35 years. A brief overview of COVID-19-related developments in 2020 is included. © 2021 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd.
An investigation into handedness and choking under pressure in sport
- Authors: Mesagno, Christopher , Garvey, Jacob , Tibbert, Stephanie , Gröpel, Peter
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Vol. 90, no. 2 (2019), p. 217-226
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- Description: When athletes fail to perform at an expected level during an important moment, it is implied the athletes have experienced “choking“ (sudden decline in performance) under pressure.”. Researchers have reported that persistent left-hemispheric activation patterns occur when an athlete experiences considerable performance deteriorations under pressure. Researchers have also observed differences in brain activation patterns between left- and right-handed people on a variety of physical and cognitive tests, with the left-hemispheric activation more pronounced in right-handed participants. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether athletes’ handedness may be linked to choking susceptibility (i.e., likelihood to experience performance decline under pressure). Method: Twenty right-handed and 13 left-handed experienced Australian football players completed 15 shot attempts, in both a low-pressure and a high-pressure condition. Both groups displayed equal state anxiety increases due to the pressure manipulation, indicating similar increases in anxiety in both handedness groups. Results: Differences were indicated in performance between the left- and right-handed groups during the high-pressure condition, with the left-handed group maintaining, and the right-handed participants declining, performance. Conclusion: Future electroencephalogram (EEG) research investigating this link may clarify the effect between handedness and choking.
Reading in English classrooms : A developing culture of disenchantment
- Authors: McGraw, Amanda , Mason, Mary
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Changing English : Studies in Culture and Education Vol. 26, no. 2 (2019), p. 137-149
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- Description: Based on a three-year project conducted in Australian secondary schools, this paper captures a developing disenchantment with reading in and for subject English. As part of an extended professional learning experience for teachers, students and their English teachers were interviewed and students were asked to draw reading. Paying attention to the sensitivities both students and teachers express about classroom reading experiences and to the impact institutional culture has on what they do and feel, this paper identifies a developing culture of disenchantment that is veiled by recurring busy and technically oriented activity. We suggest that in a pervading culture of valuing what we measure, students regard reading at school as ‘work’, find it difficult to keep their minds on task and experience a loss of independence in thinking. Teachers, loath to take risks in a culture of compliance, also describe their disenchantment with current practices.
The pedagogic moment : enskilment as another way of being in outdoor education
- Authors: Prins, Alex , Wattchow, Brian
- Date: 2020
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- Relation: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning Vol. 20, no. 1 (2020), p. 81-91
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- Description: This theoretical paper aims to contribute to the debate about a perceived activity-environment tension in outdoor education. Tim Ingold’s extensive writings on enskilment are used to explore what it means to be skilful in outdoor activities and how this can contribute to dwelling in outdoor places. Four ‘threads’ of enskilment—taskscape, guided attention, storytelling and wayfinding—are each discussed in terms of how they contribute to the way that leaners learn to become enskiled. Discussions of Ingold’s ideas are coupled with van Manen’s insights into the pedagogic moment to describe what is required of the educator to teach for enskilment. The authors’ draw examples from their teaching experiences on coastal outdoor education programmes and conclude by suggesting some practices that favour an enskilment approach. © 2019, © 2019 Institute for Outdoor Learning.