Faculty of Education - Research Publications
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ItemReformulating the depression model of learned hopelessness for academic outcomes(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2009)
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ItemVocational Studies in School – Does it Matter if I’m a Girl and if I’m Poor?(James Nicholas Publishers, 2009-01-01)
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ItemImproving the academic outcomes of undergraduate ESL students: the case for discipline-based academic skills programs(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009)
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ItemCentre-based child care quality in urban Australia(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2009-09)THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES the quality of childcare centres in urban Australian communities designated according to different bands of Centre Location Demographics (CLD). Childcare centres were assessed using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition (ECERS-R) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Extension (ECERS-E). Statistically significant differences were seen in quality on total scores across the five CLD areas. On both scales, middle and partially disadvantaged areas were identified as having substantial disadvantage in terms of childcare centre quality. The provision, and potential impact, of quality regulation and accreditation for childcare centres is discussed.
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ItemThe Significance of Australian Vocational Education Institutions in Opening Access to Higher Education(WILEY, 2009-10)Abstract Vocational education provides an educational but not a social ladder of opportunity to Australian higher education. The five dual‐sector universities with significant enrolments in both vocational and higher education admit about twice the proportion of students transferring from vocational education as other universities. However, since the students in the upper levels of vocational education have a socio‐economic composition similar to higher education students, vocational education does not provide a social ladder of opportunity by increasing access by students from a low socio‐economic status background. Nevertheless, the article argues for the extension of dual‐sector universities and other measures to articulate vocational and higher education and that more needs to be done to improve the representativeness of the upper levels of vocational education.
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ItemQuality Measures in a Modular Qualification System and its Impact on Students at Risk(WILEY, 2010-07)Abstract Success in tertiary studies is often measured using quality indicators (e.g. grade point average) and completion rates. These measures are particularly difficult to use in many non‐degree programmes where completion can be very low (often due to high levels of mobility across institutions and in and out of the workforce). This study uses student achievement and demographic data from a large New Zealand polytechnic to provide an alternative method for determining success, which then allows comparisons across programmes and institutions regardless of differences in grading scales and completion rates. Furthermore, by instituting this new method it is possible to identify more precisely the groups of students who are at the greatest risk of failure while identifying programmes that require further investigation regarding low achievement and/or low completion rates. It is suggested that this model is widely applicable across different educational systems. Implications for educational policy makers are discussed.
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ItemThe international student safety debate: moving beyond denial(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2010)
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ItemThe international student experience: three styles of adaptation(SPRINGER, 2010-08)