December 2006

Focusing crimes of honour through drama

  This paper has been developed on the basis of research conducted in two projects. A special emphasis is however given to one of the projects concerning an evaluation of a drama pedagogical project. The evaluation is specifically aimed at the efficiency, intensity and depth of the educational drama input in mediating cultural messages from the play, The hat is Yours played by a professional Theatre group. The...

Author(s): Girma Berhanu and Dennis Beach

December 2006

Ensuring quality during monitoring of the learning environment of government primary schools achieved through the UEI-PDP for teachers and head teachers

  A positive change in the learning environment in schools is visible through ongoing professional development of teachers and administrators. Monitoring the professional development program and providing support to teachers and administrators to transfer their learnings into the school environment ensures some measures of quality. Quality issues led to the launching of  the Professional...

Author(s): Fehmida Goderya-Shaikh, Margaret Madden and Ismail Saad

December 2006

Using action research to develop deep learning outcomes within a preservice teacher education context

  This paper describe one aspect of a recent study that investigated the impact and dimensions of several teaching and learning approaches utilised in tertiary institutions. The study aimed to reduce reliance on surface learning techniques and improve deep learning processes amongst a cohort of undergraduate students studying in a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) at a regional university in NSW,...

Author(s): Christopher Gordon, Ray Debus, Jane Dillon, xMichael Arthur-Kelly

December 2006

Attitude of students and parents towards the teaching of sex education in secondary schools in Cross Rivers State

  This paper has been developed on the basis of research conducted in two projects. A special emphasis is however given to one of the projects concerning an evaluation of a drama pedagogical project. The evaluation is specifically aimed at the efficiency, intensity and depth of the educational drama input in mediating cultural messages from the play, The hat is Yours played by a professional Theatre group. The...

Author(s): DR. OGUNJIMI, L.O.