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    How prospective students choose universities: a buyer behaviour perspective
    Brennan, Linda ( 2001)
    This thesis examines the decision making and information search process of students choosing university courses in Victoria Australia. The position adopted for this study is that of a buyer or consumer behaviour perspective. This is the first study of its kind undertaken in Australia. Much related research been done in the United States and elsewhere. However, the Australian higher education system has unique characteristics. Consequently, while existing student-choice models drawn from elsewhere provide a useful foundation, they are not sufficient to answer the key question: How do students choose universities in Australia? Implicit in this overarching question are several issues examined by this study: how a student makes a choice is related to what choices there are to be made, and why the student makes a choice about a particular institution. (For complete abstract open document)
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    Mind the gap: education reform policy and pedagogical practice
    Hutchison, Alan ( 2011)
    As a study in policy impact analysis this research investigated policy penetration in the case of mathematics teaching in six Victorian government secondary schools to gauge the degree of reform policy traction achieved. It found further evidence of the policy-practice gap observed in the literature. The study argues that reform policy expectations lack adequate theoretical understanding of how pedagogical practice is socially constructed, and proposes a more realistic and defensible conceptualisation of teachers’ professional knowledge.