Teaching for development
Subtitle: an international review of Australian formal and non formal education for Asia and the Pacific
By: edited by Pamela Thomas
Contributors: Australian Development Studies Network
Publisher: Australian Development Studies Network
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Canberra, ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9787315194167; 9780731519460
Subjects: Australian Educational assistance; Asians; Education; Pacific Islanders; Non-formal education; Asiatiques; Éducation; Océaniens; Éducation non formelle; Bildungshilfe; Entwicklungspädagogik
Description: From the Back Cover: Teaching for Development provides a comprehensive review of the contribution of Australian education to social and economic development in the Asia-Pacific region from the perspective of the providers and receivers. Discussions include experiences with in-country and distance education, recent innovations in teaching methodology, and improving the impact and quality of education. Policy implications and future directions are also outlined.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Summary of policy issues; title: Australia's Role In Teaching For Development: Past Experience And Future Options:; title: Teaching for development: international review of Australian formal and non-formal education for Asia and the Pacific / Dean Terrell; title: Exporting education: retrospect and prospect / Helen Hughes; title: Role of government in the future of Australia's education export industry / Robert Bell; title: Australian education and training aid to South East Asia / Bob Stensholt; title: Australian education as an export / Roger Peacock; title: Discussion commentary / Olive Zakharov; title: Improving The Impact Of Australian Education And Training:; title: Intensive courses in development training: cream of education or junket? / Christine McMurray; title: Development planning in comfort: treatise on teaching a technology in Australia / John Lea and Lawrence Lai; title: Teaching for transfer: issues affecting the sustainability of skills / Frank Sheehy; title: Short course training in-Australia and in-country: doing it better / Bruce Craig, Rodney Hills, Judith Taylor and Eileen Wahab; title: Discussion commentary / Brian Lockwood; title: International Perceptions Of Education In Australia: Student Panel Discussion:; title: International students' perceptions of Australian education: introduction / Marjoree Sehu; title: Student drama presentation: Days in the life of Derek: drama from real life; title: Impact of Australian education: a Burmese experience / Tin Hta Nu; title: Providing Quality In-Country Training:; title: English language consultant in Indonesia: perspectives from the last on the job / Lynette Bowyer; title: In-country education and training: ethics and the role of the consultant / Christine Fox; title: State of management education in the Pacific / Attahir Yusuf and John Gimiseve; title: Development of the small business sector in Melanesia, Fiji and Western Polynesia and the role of training programs / John Parke; title: Indonesian IBRD primary school teacher development program / Marie Emmitt and Robin Matthews; title: Development education: serving individual or national goals? / Jef Clark; title: Training of trainers: learning some lessons of our own / Roland Lubett; title: Australia in Laos: in-country delivery of university programs / Ross Forman; title: Discussion from the floor; title: Effective Methods Of Teaching Practical Skills:; title: Teaching environmental management and development for practitioners / Elspeth Young, Meg Keen and Sue Holzknecht; title: Marine and coastal management training: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority experience / Jim Muldoon and Deborah Cavanagh; title: Jack of all trades, Master of Tropical Health: field studies component of the Tropical Health Program / Ann Larson and Nicole Woelz; title: Dental curriculum needs in developing countries / Keith Godfrey; title: Discussion from the floor; title: Teaching About Development: New Perspectives:; title: Teaching about development: some professional issues / David Goldsworthy; title: Teaching development: dynamics of knowledge and power / Ivanica Vodanovich; title: Training development practitioners: do universities have a role? / Ian Oxenford; title: Uncertainty principle and practicing development: will we ever get it right? / Jennifer Raines; title: Australians learning about development in the Asia-Pacific: thinking globally, acting locally / Tony Morris; title: Asia literacy in studies of society and environment / Kate Sutherland, Julia Ryan and Ma Virginia Sinay-Aguilar; title: Using simulation games in development education / John Fien and Sharon Bennett; title: Learning to teach for a sustainable world: environmental and development project for teacher education / Margaret DiNicola; title: Learning for a fairer future / Jill Finnane; title: Discussion from the floor; title: Innovations In Teaching For Development:; title: I can't see you but I know you're there: practicalities of distance learning programs in Australia and overseas / Carla Treloar; title: Asia-Pacific open learning? / David Jones; title: Practice or theory: is there a third dimension? / N Sriskandarajah and R J Roberts; title: Teaching for the development of entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific / Geoffrey Meredith; title: Northern Territory University's Master of Development and Management: an emerging partnership / Murray Redman; title: International education: do we account for the real cultural and contextual needs? / Yvonne Ware; title: Developing an autocthonous psychology / Stuart Carr and John Shea; title: Rhetoric, reality, choices: educational development in Nepal / Rosemary Kerr; title: Teaching for development: overseas service bureau perspective / Bill Armstrong; title: Discussion from the floor; title: Improving Australian Educational Performance:; title: Creative tensions: teaching in programs for international students / Brigid Ballard; title: Dialogues on development: what roles for postgraduate education? / Roger Woods; title: Meeting the needs of students from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Asian Institute of Technology bridging program / Andrew Atzert; title: Supporting for development: Queensland University of Technology experience / Margaret Keech; title: Stepping into the shoes of the participants: short course teaching skills / Tony English; title: They've got a problem with English: perceptions of the difficulties of international postgraduate students / Marian May and Annie Bartlett; title: Discussion from the floor.