Theses from 2013
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
Clever talk : using literature to boost vocabulary through explicit teaching in early childhood, Wendy M. Moore
Digital representation of visual artworks for high-stakes assessment, Christopher P. Newhouse
ICT in the Australian curriculum, Christopher P. Newhouse
Learning with portable digital devices in Australian schools: 20 years on!, Christopher P. Newhouse
Using digital technologies to improve the authenticity of performance assessment for high-stakes purposes, Christopher P. Newhouse
Applied information technology, Christopher Paul Newhouse
Computer-based exams in schools: Freedom from the limitations of paper?, Christopher Paul Newhouse
Literature review and conceptual framework, Christopher Paul Newhouse
Computer-based oral exams in Italian language studies, Christopher P. Newhouse and Martin G. Cooper
Computer-based practical exams in an applied information technology course, C Paul Newhouse
Using digital representations of practical production work for summative assessment, C. Paul Newhouse
Tall Poppies: bullying behaviors faced by Australian high performance school-age athletes, Maureen O'Neil, Angela Calder, and William J. Allen
So the kids are busy, what now? Teacher perceptions of the use of hand-held game consoles in West Australian primary classrooms, John A. O'Rourke, Susan J. Main, and Michelle K. Ellis
Towards BYOD: Examining Education student readiness for a policy of Bring Your Own Digital device at ECU, Jeremy Pagram and Martin G. Cooper
Findings and Conclusions, Jeremy E. Pagram
Reciprocal mentoring: Can it help prevent attrition for beginning teachers?, Lisa F. Paris
Institutional experiences of female child migrants in Western Australia between 1947 - 1955, Diane Parker
Innovative designs for enhancing achievement in schools: the Western Australian experience, Kevin Pilkington and Graeme Lock
Improving Classroom Discourse in Inquiry-Based Primary Science Education, Prudence Smith
Teaching excellence : an illusive goal in higher education teaching and learning, Heather Sparrow
Tablet PC use in teaching and learning : a case study, Andrew Stewart
Student English achievement, attitude and behaviour in bilingual and monolingual schools in Aceh, Indonesia, Khairiah Syahabuddin
Getting inside the black box of technology integration in education: Teachers' stimulated recall of classroom observations, Jo Tondeur, Lorraine H. Kershaw, Ruben Vanderlinde, and Johan Van Braak
Regional resilience: Pre-service teacher preparation to teach in the bush, Sue Trinidad, Tania Broadley, Emmy Terry, Don Boyd, Graeme Lock, Elaine Sharplin, and Sue Ledger
Assessment for “digital first language” speakers: Online video assessment and feedback in higher education, Will Turner and John West
Method and Analysis, John Williams and Alistair B. Campbell
School administrators' beliefs regarding the relationship between school improvements and formal school registration, Harm P. Witten
Submissions from 2012
Read! 3: evaluation of the adult reader development pilot program, Karen Anderson and Caroline Barratt-Pugh
Read to Me I Love It! Evaluation of the Better Beginnings program for Remote Aboriginal Communities, Lennie Barblett
Better Beginnings: making a difference: the evaluation of the Better Beginnings birth to three family literacy program, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Carmel Maloney, and Cindy McLean
What a difference a year made! : an evaluation of the National Year of Reading 2012 in Western Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Pru Smith, and Karen Anderson
Growing Better Beginnings: an evaluation of the family literacy program for four and five year olds, Caroline Barratt-Pugh and Mary Vadja
From the big picture to the individual student: the importance of the classroom relationship, Matthew Byrne and Geoff Munns
Retained primary reflexes in pre-primary-aged Indigenous children: The effect on movement ability and school readiness, Deborah Callcott
Critically Reflective Leadership, Christine Cunningham
The Efficacy of Simulation as a Pedagogy in Facilitating Pre-Service Teachers’ Learning About Emotional Self-Regulation and its Relevance to the Teaching Profession, Terence De Jong, Jeniffer Lane, and Suzanne Sharp
Principals as literacy leaders: Confident, credible and connected, Neil Dempster, Deslea Konza, Greg Robson, Michael Gaffney, Graeme Lock, and Kevin McKennariey
Parent-teacher interactions: A study of the dynamics of social influence, Michelle K. Ellis
Examining the Beliefs and Practices of Four Effective Australian Primary Science Teachers, A Fitzgerald, V Dawson, and Mark Hackling
An investigation into the capacity of student motivation and emotion regulation strategies to predict engagement and resilience in the middle school classroom, Leanne Fried and Elaine Chapman
Paraprofessionals implementing a research-based reading intervention, Leanne Fried, Deslea Konza, and Peter Mulcahy
Supporting primary school principals as literacy leaders: The role of literacy achievement advisors, Michael Gaffney, Linda Dawson, and Graeme Lock
Attendance and non-attendance at school, Jan Gray and Gary Partington
Science of materials: A case study of intentional teaching in the early years, Mark Hackling and Caroline Barratt-Pugh
Creating books in communities: evaluation of the community publishing pilot project, Yvonne Haig and Caroline Barratt-Pugh
Implementation of initiatives to reform the quality of education in rural Ghanaian junior high schools, Agatha Inkoom
Researching in schools: Ethical issues, Deslea Konza
Maximising the contribution of paraprofessionals in schools: A win-win-win story, Deslea Konza and Leanne Fried
Developing the vision: preparing teachers to deliver a digital world-class education system, Jeniffer Lane
The hairytales of heroboy: evaluation of the reading promotion pilot program for 6 to 9 year old children, Natalie Leitao and Caroline Barratt-Pugh
A Rasch measure of teachers' views of teacher-student relationships in the primary school, Natalie Leitao and Russell Waugh
Welcome to the Outback: The Paradoxes of Living and Teaching in Remote Western Australian Schools, Graeme Lock, Fiona Budgen, Ralph Lunay, and Grace Oakley
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Principal: Tales from Remote Western Australia, Graeme Lock, Fiona Budgen, Grace Oakley, and Ralph Lunay
Lessons for teachers: What lower secondary school students tell us about learning a musical instrument, Geoffrey Lowe
Direct instruction and music literacy: one approach to augmenting the diminishing?, Geoffrey Lowe and Steven Belcher
Getting serious with iPads: The intersection of game design and teaching principals, Martin Masek, Karen Murcia, and Jason Morrison
Learning in transformational computer games: Exploring design principles for a nanotechnology game, Martin Masek, Karen Murcia, Jason Morrison, Christopher Newhouse, and Mark Hackling
The acquisition of an artificial logographic script and bilingual working memory: Evidence for L1-specific orthographic processing skills transfer in Chinese–English bilinguals, Renata Meuter and John Ehrich