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    Guiding, guiding : constructing leadership for young women
    Wightwick, Felicity ( 2001)
    Guiding Guiding, Constructing Leadership for Young Women by Felicity Wightwick seeks to answer the research question: To what extent are young women's perceptions of leadership experiences shaped by formal training?' The reactions of several young women from Guides Australia to their leadership experiences, in particular the Guides Australia/BHP Young Leader (Leading Edge) seminar held in July 1999, are explored. Although the number of participants is small and therefore the findings limited, some interesting and worthwhile themes emerged from the research. This includes a leadership model that provides a possible structure upon which training that seeks to further the concept of community capacity building could be based.
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    Helping academics to help themselves : investigating appropriate professional support strategies for academics with no formal teaching qualifications
    Osborn, Monique Yvette ( 2001)
    Currently, tertiary education is undergoing a major review of teaching and learning, to support the needs of a now culturally, socially and economically diverse student clientele. Consequently, the notion of professional development for academics has become a priority. Quite commonly, academics have been educated in their particular field of expertise with little emphasis on learning and teaching styles. Furthermore, little or inappropriate professional development focussing on teaching and learning practices, has been the style of support offered to date. It appears that these ad hoc off campus short courses have not adequately met the professional development needs of many academics with no formal teaching qualifications. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a work-embedded approach to professional development using a case study methodology.