Faculty of Education - Research Publications
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ItemSpace to Think(ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press), 2004)
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ItemWhat do we know about how young children learn?(Directorate of School Education, Victoria, 1995-08-17)
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ItemHow young children learn(New Zealand Reading Association, 1996)
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ItemWhen are you going to teach my child to read?(Free Kindergarten Association of Victoria, 1995)
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ItemLiteracy in the Pre-School: Implications for Early Years Professionals(Kinder-ed Association, 1995)
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ItemTeaching Speakers and Listeners: a framework for classroom talk(English Teachers Association of WA, 1999)
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ItemTesting, testing, 1,2,3,....School Entry Assessment(Victorian Primary Principals' Association, 1998)
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ItemHoneybee odometry: Performance in varying natural terrain(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2004-07)Recent studies have shown that honeybees flying through short, narrow tunnels with visually textured walls perform waggle dances that indicate a much greater flight distance than that actually flown. These studies suggest that the bee's "odometer" is driven by the optic flow (image motion) that is experienced during flight. One might therefore expect that, when bees fly to a food source through a varying outdoor landscape, their waggle dances would depend upon the nature of the terrain experienced en route. We trained honeybees to visit feeders positioned along two routes, each 580 m long. One route was exclusively over land. The other was initially over land, then over water and, finally, again over land. Flight over water resulted in a significantly flatter slope of the waggle-duration versus distance regression, compared to flight over land. The mean visual contrast of the scenes was significantly greater over land than over water. The results reveal that, in outdoor flight, the honeybee's odometer does not run at a constant rate; rather, the rate depends upon the properties of the terrain. The bee's perception of distance flown is therefore not absolute, but scene-dependent. These findings raise important and interesting questions about how these animals navigate reliably.
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ItemRecent developments in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health strategy.(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2004-11-18)In this paper I will describe some of the sentinel events in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy and strategy during 2003 and the early part of 2004. This will involve discussion on the:* National Strategic Framework in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health* National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Mental Health and Social and Emotional Well Being 2004-2009* National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework* The roll-out of the Primary Health Care Access Program* The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey and the National Indigenous Health SurveyThese developments are consistent with a policy agenda that has evolved, in general terms, since the release of the National Aboriginal Health Strategy in 1989. However, I will also consider significant developments in the broader context for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, particularly the decision made in early 2004 by the Howard government to abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). While the key events and developments that are reported in this paper elaborate on an agenda that has been developing for more than a decade, the decision to abolish ATSIC is likely to have a revolutionary impact on the future development of Aboriginal health strategy.
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ItemSpeech perception results for children using cochlear implants who have additional special needs(ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOC FOR THE DEAF, 2004)