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ItemNo Preview AvailableA Report for the NSW Department of Education on Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students( 2019-11-01)This report presents the findings of an external review and analysis of relevant recent practices, research and data on the delivery of Vocational Education and Training (VET) to secondary students. The review and analysis were commissioned by the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education and were conducted by the Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy at the University of Melbourne to identify best possible practices and make recommendations for future practice.
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ItemInnovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change Project Phase One Report 2016-2017(ILETC Project, 2017)The ILETC project presents a unique opportunity for a team of experts in education and architecture from across governments, schools, business and academia to co-design new solutions to the challenges of delivering 21st century learning to students in Australia and New Zealand. The Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change project (ILETC) commenced officially in June 2016. The aim of this 4 year project is to build understanding of how physical classroom space impacts on learning and how best to support teachers in making the most of the spaces in their schools. It will develop resources and strategies to support educators, school leaders, policy makers and architects in developing and inhabiting new learning spaces. In its busy first 18 months the project has not only accomplished all planned milestones, but has achieved extensive engagement with partners, teachers, architects and researchers both within Australasia and internationally. This highly efficient and collaborative, cross-disciplinary group has maximised the expertise of the project team and partners in building a comprehensive base of evidence about teaching in innovative learning spaces in Australasia. The group has made it a priority to not only conduct their research in an open and transparent way, with regular newsletter updates, blog posts and articles, but to publish findings as soon as data is analysed and share these with an ever growing following of educators, designers and other researchers. This report provides a summary of the project’s activities, findings and engagement in the first 18 months of research. It draws together the many outputs, events, media and activities to highlight some of the key discoveries and how these inform the next stage of investigations.
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ItemPreliminary protocols for assessing habitat values of urban estuarine shorelines using colonization devices( 2015)These protocols were developed as a standard way to measure the habitat quality of urban shorelines, to serve the purposes of both establishing baselines and measuring change. The protocols enable comparison between conventional and emerging shoreline stabilization techniques in urban areas, so that in the future: 1) we may better understand the habitat quality associated with conventional techniques; 2) better understand the habitat quality associated with emerging techniques as they are implemented; and 3) therefore, better understand the ecological benefits associated with implementing alternative, ecologically-enhanced techniques of shoreline stabilization in urban areas.
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ItemDevelopment of protocols to assess the relative habitat values of urban shorelines in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary( 2015)Habitat complexity is reduced when natural estuarine shorelines are replaced with concrete seawalls in highly urbanized regions. There is growing interest and investment in rehabilitating urbanized shorelines by adding physical habitat complexity to encourage establishment of diverse and resilient ecological communities. This is challenging, as multiple factors in addition to habitat availability operate across large scales to constrain ecosystem rehabilitation in urban estuaries. Design and management of shorelines to enhance their habitat and other ecological values should be based on using scientifically rigorous information to facilitate effective and efficient use of limited resources. This study was the initial step in the development of a protocol to provide a standardized and ecologically meaningful assessment of the relative habitat values of urban shorelines varying in physical habitat complexity across New York-New Jersey Harbor. We developed a novel device with multiple colonization surfaces of standard dimensions, and a preliminary protocol manual to guide personnel in the construction and use of the device. In the subtidal zone of hard shorelines in the Harbor, mobile and sessile communities colonized mesh netting and hard settlement plates, respectively. Across all shorelines, mobile amphipods and encrusting algae were common, whilst isopods, shrimps, crabs and ascidians were common in some locations. Subtidal communities differed more between locations than between shorelines, varying in physical complexity, within locations. Increased habitat complexity did not consistently favor any particular taxonomic group across shorelines, but there were notable differences in community structure between concrete seawall and riprap revetment shorelines in some locations. However, some components of the original colonization devices were not durable enough and loss of replicate samples prevented meaningful comparisons across all shoreline types. Colonization devices were redesigned with stronger outer caging made from vinyl-coated steel, more secure settlement plate attachment and greater weight for anchorage to hard shorelines. Redesigned devices were successfully deployed on a hard shoreline subject to high water movement. Intertidal surveys using quadrats, subtidal photoquadrat surveys, bivalve surveys using scouring pads and fish surveys using minnow traps were trialed, but did not provide additional useful information for comparing the relative habitat values of hard shorelines in New York-New Jersey Harbor. The colonization device and associated measurements of abiotic variables should be refined, and they show promise for facilitating standardized assessments that could inform the future design and management of hard estuarine shorelines in the Harbor.
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ItemDeferring a University Offer in Regional Victoria(Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, 2012)
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ItemDeferring a university offer in regional Victoria: Final report(Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, 2014)
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ItemDeferring a University Offer in Victoria. 2009 Year 12 Graduates - Three Years Out(Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, 2013)
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ItemEvaluation of Chances for Children 2015(Chances for Children, 2015)This study was undertaken to evaluate the Chances for Children program, established in 2000, which supports children and young people in the Mallee region of Victoria and south west New South Wales. It aims to remove financial barriers for those who, without financial support, would not be able to achieve their full potential (in tertiary education, secondary school, or sporting and musical activities). It also provides assistance for those with learning difficulties.
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ItemUNICEF EAPRO – Suggestions for UNICEF EAPRO Strategy (2016-2020) on Multilingual Education and Social Cohesion(Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, 2016)