New Research

Early childhood, education and training; justice; emergency management

08 February 2012Volume one of the report focuses on early childhood, education and training as well as justice and emergency management sectors.

Investing in our future

03 February 2012In 2008 the Australian Government began a five-year national rollout of the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) that would see it delivered in 50 communities across Australia by 2012.

Dental health behaviours among children 2002–2004

31 January 2012A study of almost 17,500 children from four Australian states (Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania) conducted across 2002–2004 provided comprehensive information on the dental health behaviours of Australian children.

The experience of education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families

30 January 2012This literature review was commissioned to provide context for the research project The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families.

Targeting support for high needs students in primary schools

30 December 2011Australian governments are adding resources to schools to achieve better educational outcomes through a series of National Education Partnerships between the Australian Government and state governments.

Reviewing the evidence on the effectiveness of early childhood intervention

19 December 2011This report the examines the effectiveness of early intervention programs for children with a developmental disability or developmental delay regardless of underlying cause or condition.

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Education policy

Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe

05 February 2012The “Teachers’ competition for social media use in formal language learning contexts” was created within the framework of the EU-funded network “Language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues”.

Australian Research Council amendment bill 2011

30 January 2012This digest examines the Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011.

Vocational education and training

Indigenous language education in remote communities

Indigenous language education in remote communities

15 December 2011Focussing on the role of Indigenous languages in emergent development activity in remote Australia, this report examines the out-of-school language and literacy needs of adolescents and young adults, with a focus on the digital economy.

Hume global learning village: a creative learning community

08 December 2011Leading to the development of a 20 year strategy for learning, this paper provides a practical outline of a local government partnership with higher education in the context of a geographic learning community.

Commentary

Getting ahead of ourselves

23 October 2009A new report adds to evidence about why some countries are more “mobile” than others, writes Peter Browne in Inside Story

Resilient and resourceful young people - an Australian National Youth Strategy?

19 October 2009There is increasing global awareness of the need to improve life chances for all young people.

Politics, profits and practices in child and aged care

25 February 2009There are important insights to be gained by examining and comparing different forms of care, write DEBRA KING and GABRIELLE MEAGHER.

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Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

Choice and values in schooling

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011School choice has been a divisive issue in education policy for a long time, often the subject of heated debate based more on ideology than evidence.

Parental contributions

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011Providing incentives for parents to pay for schooling is good public policy.

Audio

National arts curriculum

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25 October 2010Discussing the arts component of the new national curriculum, three speakers outline what they think is good and bad about proposals for music, drama, dance, visual arts and media arts in schools up to Year 8.

Overcoming disadvantage: chance and circumstance

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02 August 2010 Despite Australia's egalitarian traditions, a long-term study of people born in 1990 has found that social and economic disadvantage is often inherited, passed from parents to children.

Schools

You be the judge - VCE Legal Studies teachers' kit

02 February 2012The kit provides the tools and knowledge teachers need to deliver engaging classes for VCE Legal Studies. It uses real case studies, with names and some details changed.

Video

Can we support care and gender equality?

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13 November 2009The women's revolution has seen many enter the workforce, invariably enhancing and liberating their lives. But who's taking care of the kids?

Welcome to East Kalgoorlie Primary School

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08 October 2009A view of East Kalgoorlie Primary School in which Principal Donna Bridge describes the successes of a high-expectation stronger smarter agenda in her school.

Higher education

Mapping Australian higher education

30 January 2012Australia’s higher education system is entering one of its most significant years in recent history.

Websites

A picture of NSW children

27 May 2011Providing demographic information on the children and young people of NSW aged 0-17 years and their families, this data book includes information about child care and education, health and well-being, economic well-being, harm and injury, crime, and information about the communities they live in. 

Edna

05 October 2009edna was decommissioned 30 June 2011- the site is still online for your reference Edna is Australia's gateway to resources and services for education and training. 

Children's Rights Information Network

08 July 2009CRIN is a global network coordinating and promoting information and action on child rights.

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Books

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

  • John Hartley
  • Wiley-Blackwell
As they play with their digital devices and online games, children may unknowingly be making up the kind of democracy we will have tomorrow.
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The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy

  • Terry Flew
  • SAGE Publications
The rise of creative industries allows new thinking in communication, media and cultural studies, media and cultural policy, the arts and also information sectors.Sparking fresh debates and creating a better understanding of culture, in relation to new media and technology.

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Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

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