Primarily, the evaluation aimed to assess whether the TIT had improved teacher practice and competency, and to identify lessons learnt for future teacher training in Solomon Islands. By identifying discernible changes in teacher behaviour, before and after teachers undertook the course, the evaluation focused on assessing the suitability and effectiveness of the TIT as a...

This review has examined the twinning support partnership between the School of Education and the University of Waikato/InTREC consortium against: • A strategic focus around SoE governance and management • A process focus around the twinning • A programme delivery focus around course structure development. These areas have been discussed in the review in relation...

This review argues that a false dichotomy has developed in literacy theory between 'code' and 'meaning-emphasis', a dichotomy sometimes wrongly equated with the debate between 'phonics' and 'whole language' approaches to teaching. This leads teachers of early literacy to believe that they must choose between the two methods, when in fact effective teachers use elements...

This ACER report by Lawrence Ingvarson and Elizabeth Kleinhenz provides a review of national and international developments in relation to advanced standards and certification processes for teaching. It also considers the implications of current research on teaching for the development of advanced teaching standards and related improvements in teaching and learning.

This report is based on the 2004 DEST project, High Demand Government Schools, which was prompted by the Department's priority policy interest in quality schooling and 'choices in schooling'. Twenty government schools for which there was high demand for enrolments were selected from across Australia, using the local knowledge of State Education Departments and the...