Collaborative teaching in a linguistically and culturally diverse higher education setting: a case study of a postgraduate accounting program     

Elaine Evans  Jen Tindale  Dawn Cable  Suzanne Hamil Mead 《高等教育研究与发展》2009,28(6):597-613

The Language for Professional Communication in Accounting project has changed teaching practice in a linguistically and culturally diverse postgraduate accounting program at Macquarie University in Australia. This paper reflects on the project’s interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to diversity in the classroom by tracing its growth and development and describing the way in which it is supporting the integration of professional communication skills and discipline‐specific content within the Master of Accounting program. In particular, the paper demonstrates that discipline specialists working in a continuous and collaborative relationship with English language specialists, to integrate and assess communication skills and enrich the curriculum, leads to better outcomes for students and staff. The paper contributes to a growing literature on approaches that integrate particular graduate attributes into programs with diverse student populations, rather than bolt‐on interventions by language specialists that have limited outcomes.  相似文献   

Down Memory Lane: Recollections of Lamaze International's First 50 Years     

Zwelling E 《The Journal of perinatal education》2010,19(3):11-16

The 42-year involvement of one member of Lamaze International is chronicled through a decade-by-decade review of personal memories. The history of Lamaze International is shared through the recollections of her roles as a childbirth educator, faculty member, and member of the board of directors.  相似文献   

‘They call me headmaster’: Malawian and Australian women leaders     

Kay Whitehead  Elaine Andretzke  Valesi Binali 《Gender and education》2018,30(2):156-171

This article explores commonalities in the lives and work of women head teachers in Malawian secondary schools and women principals in Australian Lutheran schools. In both Australia and Malawi women are under-represented in school leadership and often appointed to complex schools and communities. We commence with a brief discussion of Malawi and Australia’s political and educational histories which have much in common, before outlining current selection policies for school leadership. The second part of the article explores women leaders’ initial and ongoing challenges in relation to their school systems, daily work and domestic lives. The final section focuses on their perspectives of current strategies to address women’s under-representation as leaders in their respective school systems. Notwithstanding the stark contrast in socio-economic contexts, we highlight enduring transnational inequalities in women leaders’ lives and work in Malawian secondary and Australian Lutheran schools.  相似文献   

A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators of Disability Disclosure and Accommodations for Youth in Post-Secondary Education     

Sally Lindsay  Elaine Cagliostro  Gabriella Carafa 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》2018,65(5):526-556

This review critically appraised the literature on disability disclosure and accommodations for youth with disabilities in post-secondary education (PSE). Systematic searches of 8 databases identified 36 studies meeting our inclusion criteria. These studies were analysed with respect to the characteristics of the participants, methodology, results of the studies and quality of evidence. Five thousand, one hundred and seventy four participants (mean age 26.4) were represented across six countries. Barriers to disability disclosure and requests for accommodations in PSE included stigma, discrimination, lack of knowledge of supports and how to access them, type of course and instructor, coping styles, and nature of the disability. Facilitators included supports and resources, coping and self-advocacy skills, mentorship, and realising the benefits of disclosure. Factors affecting the process and timing of disability disclosure in PSE included the type of disability, and mode of disclosure. There was a lack of consensus on the timing of disclosure.  相似文献   

Structures, fictions, and the explanatory epistemology of mathematics in science     

Mark Balaguer  Elaine Landry  Sorin Bangu  Christopher Pincock 《Metascience》2013,22(2):247-273

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Quality assurance for distance education: a faculty peer review process     

Ross  Kathryn R.  Batzer  Lyn  Bennington  Elaine 《TechTrends》2002,46(5):48-52

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Sending Minnie the Minx Home: Comics and reading choices     

Elaine Millard  Jackie Marsh 《Cambridge Journal of Education》2001,31(1):25-38

This paper reports on aspects of two qualitative studies which focused on children's interests in comics. The earlier study (Millard, 1997) was part of a larger survey of 254 boys' and girls' reading interests, sampled at the point of transition between primary and secondary school. The second study, which forms the main body of this paper, explores the reactions to a home-school comic lending library based in three primary classrooms over a period of seven weeks. Results from both studies are discussed in this paper and the implications for the development of the primary school literacy curriculum explored.  相似文献   

The Routledge handbook of international education and development     

Elaine Unterhalter 《比较教育学》2017,53(2):304-306

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A rescue service for all Dyslexic children     

Elaine Miles 《Annals of dyslexia》1985,35(1):199-207

If help is to be available for all dyslexic children, it needs to be on an economical, cost-effective basis. The Dyslexia Unit at University College of North Wales, Bangor, has been running a teaching project in its own area for the past ten years to find out how this can be done. As a result some conclusions have emerged about the necessary conditions for success. Economies can be effected by using part-time teachers, but individual tuition for at least one hour a week from a trained specialist is considered essential. Efficiency can be improved by setting targets to be reached by the time of entry to Secondary School, by referring children as early as 7 years, by using structured phonic teaching methods and multisensory materials, by working closely with other teachers concerned with the pupil, and by involving parents.  相似文献   

Do teachers’ wages matter for proficiency? Evidence from a funding reform in Brazil     

Narcio Menezes-Filho  Elaine Pazello 《Economics of Education Review》2007,26(6):660

This paper uses the 1998 reform in the funding of fundamental education in Brazil (FUNDEF) to identify the effect of teachers’ wages on the proficiency of public school pupils. Wages are set by legislation at the local level and this reform established a floor on the share of expenditures on teacher wages out of total revenues in each Brazilian State and Municipality. The evidence using micro-data suggests that increases in relative wages within the public system brought about by the reform had a positive impact on the students’ proficiency.  相似文献