Schools
Strategy
The Queensland Ed-LinQ inititative: a framework for action
The Queensland Ed-LinQ initiative is a statewide initiative funded through the Queensland Plan for Mental Health 2007 - 2017 and administered by Queensland Health. It works strategically at a state and district level to improve linkages between the education sector, the primary care sector and the mental health sector. It aims to support these sectors...
Strategy
Retaining and supporting pregnant and parenting students
Schools are responsible for establishing strategies to ensure that pregnant and parenting students are supported in continuing their education. This policy recognises that pregnant or parenting students are at risk of leaving education and are among the most vulnerable students in relation to retention. These guidelines are intended as a framework, allowing schools the flexibility...
Strategy
Australian blueprint for career development
The Australian Blueprint for Career Development is a framework that can be used to design, implement and evaluate career development programs for young people and adults. At its core, the Blueprint identifies the skills, attitudes and knowledge that individuals need to make sound choices and to effectively manage their careers.
Report
A whole-school approach to technological literacy: mobile learning and the iPhone
Mobile learning is not pervasive in higher education and yet its potential is enormous. This paper describes a project to instigate mobile learning using technological literacy and professional learning among academic staff. Mobile learning is not pervasive in higher education and yet its potential is enormous. This paper describes a project to instigate mobile learning...
Report
Growing up in Australia: the longitudinal study of Australian children
Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, managed jointly by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Australian Institute of Family Studies, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is a long term research project to better understand the environment in which Australian children are growing up.