Theses from 2014
International student perceptions of the quality of learning experiences in vocational education and training, Jimmy P. Kho
The little book of maths outdoors: Supporting mathematical development through concrete hands-on activity and play, Marianne Knaus and Terry Gould
Maths from stories: Using story books to support mathematical learning, Marianne Knaus and Neil Griffiths
Teaching Reading: Why the “Fab Five” should be the “Big Six”, Deslea Konza
Teaching reading: a shared vision and a shared responsibility 2012-2013: Principals as literacy leaders in CEO schools, Deslea Konza, Paul Woodley, Sam De Leo, and Helen Dixon
Become your own personal videographer: Capture, reflect and analyse classroom interactions with self-tracking video technology using mobile devices and 3G cameras, Jeniffer M. Lane
Pathways To Success: Evaluating The Use Of "Enabling Pedagogies" In A University Transition Course, Jeniffer M. Lane and Suzanne Sharp
Teaching for students' confident transition from number to algebra, Christina Lang Lee
Opportunities taken, lost or avoided: The use of difference of opinion in school decision making, Bridget M. Leggett, Glenda Campbell-Evans, and Jan Gray
Educational Innovations And Pedagogical Beliefs: The Case Of A Professional Development Program For Indonesian Teachers, Cher Ping Lim, Jo Tondeur, Hendrati Nastiti, and Jeremy E. Pagram
Complying with school accountability requirements and the impact on school leaders, Graeme Lock and Geoff Lummis
Western Australian music teachers and the WACE Music syllabus five years down the track: Where are we now?, Geoffrey M. Lowe and Andrew Sutherland
The importance of positive arts experiences and self-efficacy in pre-service primary teacher education, Geoffrey W. Lummis and Julia Morris
An investigation of Western Australian pre-service primary teachers' experiences and self-efficacy in the arts, Geoff W. Lummis, Julia Morris, and Annamaria Paolino
The new Australian curriculum, teachers and change fatigue, Jessica Lyle, Christine Cunningham, and Jan Gray
Tools of the trade: 'Breaking the ice' with virtual tools in online learning, Naomi McGrath, Sue Gregory, Helen Farley, and Pauline K. Roberts
Exploring the role of parents in supporting recreational book reading beyond primary school, Margaret K. Merga
Peer group and friend influences on the social acceptability of adolescent book reading, Margaret K. Merga
Are teenagers really keen digital readers? Adolescent engagement in eBook reading and the relevance of paper books today, Margaret K. Merga
Are Western Australian adolescents keen book readers?, Margaret K. Merga
Western Australian adolescents’ reasons for infrequent engagement in recreational book reading, Margaret K. Merga
The influence of parents, English teachers, friends & peer groups on West Australian adolescents' recreational book reading : findings from the West Australian Study in Adolescent Book Reading (WASABR), Margaret Kristin Merga
Number Sense Development In The Pre-Primary Classroom, Paula M. Mildenhall
Strengthening vocabulary for literacy: an analysis of the use of explicit instruction techniques to improve word learning from story book read-alouds, Wendy Moore, Lorraine Hammond, and Tony Fetherston
Investigating The Personal Experiences And Self-Efficacy Of Western Australian Primary Pre-Service Teachers In The Visual Arts, Julia Morris and Geoffrey W. Lummis
Diagnostically assessing Western Australian Year 11 students' engagement with theory in Visual Arts, Julia Morris, Geoffrey W. Lummis, and Graeme J. Lock
The year's work in fiction, Robyn Mundy
Digital portfolios for summative assessment, Christopher P. Newhouse
Programming In The Australian Curriculum: A Rationale And A Place, Christopher P. Newhouse
Using digital portfolios for high-stakes assessment in visual arts, Christopher P. Newhouse
Redefining education: sustaining 1 to 1 computing strategies in Western Australian schools, Christopher P. Newhouse, Jeniffer M. Lane, Martin G. Cooper, and Peter Twining
Digitizing Practical Production Work For High-stakes Assessments, Christopher P. Newhouse and Pina Tarricone
Authentic digital representation of creative works in education: addressing the challenges of digitisation and assessment: Final Report, Paul Newhouse, Jeremy Pagram, Lisa Paris, Mark Hackling, Pina Tarricone, Martin Cooper, and Alistair Campbell
Raising Teacher Sensitivity to Key Numeracy Competencies in the Early Years, Kelly Norris
A Model For Effectve Leadership In Disadvantaged Rural Schools In Ghana, Erasmus K. Norviewu-Mortty, Glenda H. Campbell-Evans, and Mark W. Hackling
Western Australian Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) Students' Perceptions of Sustainability, Judith Clare Odgaard
Teachers' experiences with disengagement in physical education classes at secondary school level in the Perth Metropolitan Area, Nuno Matos Oliveira
Student Perceptions Of Online Interactive Versus Traditional Lectures; Or How I Managed Not To Fall Asleep With My Eyes Open, John A. O'Rourke, Susan J. Main, and Martin G. Cooper
Authentic assessment of reflection in an ePortfolio: How to make reflection more real for students, Pauline Roberts, Helen Farley, and Sue Gregory
An ePortfolio environment to enhance reflection in pre-service teachers: What worked, what didn't and why?, Pauline K. Roberts
Design principles for an ePortfolio-based learning environment to enhance reflection in pre-service teachers, Pauline K. Roberts
The effect of a professional development model on teachers' knowledge, beliefs and instructional practices in teaching early reading, Gemma Scarparolo
The Outcomes Of New Teachers Being Reflective, John Whittington Seddon
Cohesion, coherence and connectedness: The 3C model for enabling-course design to support student transition to university, Suzanne Sharp, John A. O'Rourke, Jeniffer M. Lane, and Anne-Maree Hays
Developing Well-Being and Self-Esteem, Mandie B. Shean, Lynne Cohen, and Terence A. De Jong
Meeting the needs of secondary students who cannot read: One role among many for English teachers, Liana Strutt and Deslea M. Konza
Students’ perspectives on the use of peer feedback in an English as a second language writing class, Kavitha Sukumaran and Rozita Dass
From a copy theory of mind to a quasi-constructivist theory of mind, Pina Tarricone
Using Rasch Measurement To Improve Analytical Marking Keys, Pina Tarricone and Martin G. Cooper
Exploring critical literacy with pre-service teachers: An example from Australia, Ann Thwaite
Teachers And Teacher Aides Initiating Five-Year-Olds Into Science, Anne M. Thwaite
Divide And Conquer: A Hands-On Exploration Of Divisibility, John D. West
The Motivation And Identity Challenges For Phd Holders In The Transition To Science And Mathematics Teaching In Secondary Education: A Pilot Study, Robert Whannell and William J. Allen
Submissions from 2013
Reflective journal writing: Exploring in-service EFL teachers' perceptions, Arman Abednia, Addeh Hovassapian, Shohre Teimournezhad, and Nazanin Ghanbari
Some Seed Fell on Stony Ground: Three Models - Three Strikes!, Kenneth R. Alexander
Better Beginnings: Public libraries making literacy links with the adult community, Karen Anderson, Lennie Barblett, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Yvonne Haig, and Natalie C. Leitao
E-learning implementation strategies for an ICT-challenged environment : case of the University of Ghana, Legon, Isaiah T. Awidi
Preschool children's information processing and emotional behavior in social conflict situations, Po Lin B.L. Bailey
Making English the lynchpin for globalisation of education in Sri Lanka: quality versus equality, LindZay Baldsing
Student perceptions of effective foreign language teachers: a quantitative investigation from a Korean university, Bruce D. Barnes and Graeme Lock
Making a difference: summary of the evaluation of four Better Beginnings programs, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Karen Anderson, Lennie Barblett, Yvonne G. Haig, and Natalie C. Leitao
Positive Partnerships: The Role of Child Health Nurses in an Early Childhood Family Literacy Program, Caroline H. Barratt-Pugh and Karen L. Anderson
The changing perspectives of librarians in the Better Beginnings family literacy program, Caroline H. Barratt-Pugh, Karen L. Anderson, and Susan North
Slowmation: A multimodal strategy for engaging children with primary science, Jeff Brown, Karen Murcia, and Mark Hackling
Building leadership capacity in undergraduate students: Final report for ALTC Teaching Fellowship, Lynne Cohen
Italian Studies, Martin G. Cooper
A comparative analysis of Chinese and Australian Masters of Education students’ insights into leadership and decision-making, Christine Cunningham
The Australian Baccalaureate: A preliminary study, Christine Cunningham
Using mobile technology to increase formative knowledge for the learner in classroom context [conference contribution], Christopher E. Dann
Using mobile video technologies to enhance the assessment and learning of pre-service teachers in Work Integrated Learning (WIL), Christopher E. Dann and Bill Allen
Using mobile technology to increase formative knowledge for the learner in classroom context, Christopher E. Dann and Tony Richardson
A mobile assessment platform: a shared space for critical discourse, Christopher E. Dann, E. Toohey, and B. Allen
Portraits of Middle Eastern Gulf female students in Australian universities, Susan Delahunty
Impacts of the changing nature of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system on educators within the VET system in Australia, Mairead Dempsey
Are alphabetic language -derived models of L2 reading relevant to L1 logographic background readers?, John Fitzgerald Ehrich, Lawrence Jun Zhang, Jon Congjun Mu, and Lisa Catherine Ehrich
Through the viewfinder: Reflecting on the collection and analysis of classroom video data, Angela Fitzgerald, Mark Hackling, and Vaille Dawson
Independent Public Schools: Boards in transition, Jan R. Gray, Glenda H. Campbell-Evans, and Bridget M. Leggett
Teacher orchestration of multimodal resources to support the construction of an explanation in a year 4 astronomy topic, Mark Hackling, Karen Murcia, and Khadeeja Ibrahim-Didi
R. S. Peters and the periphery, Bruce T. Haynes
Developing Social Skills Through Music: The Impact of General Classroom Music in an Australian Lower Socio-Economic Area Primary School, John N. Heyworth
Leading at the Coal-face: The World as Experienced by Subject Coordinators in Australian Higher Education, Dale Holt, Judy Nagy, Lynne Cohen, Glenda H. Campbell-Evans, Paul Chang, Ian Macdonald, and Jacquie McDonald
Numeracy support for year two students, Gillian Dawn Hurle
Effectiveness of teacher professional learning : enhancing the teaching of fractions in primary schools, Derek Hurrell
News from WA......(more than just iron ore and great footy teams) – policy principles to course design, Andrew Jones and Dawn Penney
The rural practicum: preparing a quality teacher workforce for rural and regional Australia, Jodie Kline, Simone White, and Graeme Lock
Maths is all around you: developing mathematical concepts in the early years, Marianne Knaus
Expanding the vision: synthetic phonics in action II, Deslea Konza
Building the systematic teaching of reading across independent schools: 2011-2012: final report, Deslea Konza and Paul Woodley
The teaching and learning of word problems in beginning algebra : a Nigerian (Lagos State) study, Omolola A. Ladele
Rethinking an initial postgraduate course in primary teacher education in Australia, Jeniffer M. Lane and Geoffrey W. Lummis
Brass bands, cave men and community wellness: Using evolutionary biology as a framework for understanding the motivation of community music groups, Geoffrey M. Lowe
ACARA and the generalist push: What does it mean for music education from a teacher-training perspective ?, Geoffrey M. Lowe and Geoffrey W. Lummis
I see, I think I wonder: An evaluation of journaling as a critical reflective practice tool for aiding teachers in challenging or confronting contexts, Geoffrey M. Lowe, Peter Prout, and Karen Murcia
The reality of reform : teachers reflecting on curriculum reform in Western Australia, Jessica Lyle
Using semiotic resources when building images of the part-whole model of fractions, Paula M. Mildenhall