01 - Department of Education and Communities - NSW Government

More documents

Recommendations

Info

APPENDICESRec 295: Teacher training courses to developunderstanding of Aboriginal history, culture andviewsThe Department continued to:• Provide advice to universities on the development ofAboriginal studies and history courses.• Involve Aboriginal people, both Departmental employeesand community members, in the development andimplementation of staff development programs for teachers.• Maintain strong links with the Aboriginal EducationConsultative group to ensure Aboriginal content is includedin statewide inservice programs.• Support the Aboriginal studies course at MacquarieUniversity for a total of seventeen primary and high schoolteachers.• Train district and school staff and Aboriginal communities todevelop understanding of Aboriginal history and culturethrough the implementation of the Aboriginal EducationPolicy.Rec 296: Negotiating guidelines for the teaching ofAboriginal students and the employment conditionsof teachers in local communitiesThe Department continued to:• Implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderEmployment Program for up to 30 Aboriginal teachers to beemployed across the state in a number of positions in the1997-98 staffing round.• Implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander transferprogram which provides transfer status.• Support consultation at the district level which includes astrong Aboriginal Education Consultative Grouprepresentation.Rec 297: Role of Aboriginal education workers inencouraging Aboriginal participation in educationsystemsThe Department continued to:• Provide Aboriginal Education Assistants (AEAs) in schools.Support the role of the AEA by providing local training toassist the increased participation of the Aboriginalcommunity.• Support the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderEducation Workers’ Committee in the development oftraining programs to assist AEAs in their role.• Support Aboriginal Community Liaison Officers who assistincreased participation between the Aboriginal communityand schools.Rec 299: Effective parent and communityparticipation in implementing the NationalAboriginal Education PolicyThe Department continued to:• Maintain Aboriginal involvement in the development ofpolicy and curriculum support materials.• Support the first long term goal of the National Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Education Policy by contributingto the enhancement of Aboriginal community awareness andinvolvement in the development of Departmental policiesand practices.• Support Aboriginal community involvement jointly with thelocal and regional structures of the Aboriginal EducationConsultative Group.• Support the establishment of Aboriginal EducationCommittees within schools to advise on Aboriginaleducation.142 DSE Annual Report 1997
APPENDICESAppendix 4Research and EvaluationDuring 1997 the Department approved 163 applications forresearch. This represents 76% of total applications received. Theremainder were either rejected, withdrawn or are pending. Overseasresearch applications were received from Miami University (TheBenefits of Peer Collaboration on a Memory Task); University ofCalifornia (Home School Partnerships); and the University of NorthCarolina (Sociocultural Messages that Australians give Youth aboutSexual Behaviour and Sexual Responsibility). Approval was alsogiven for a study by the Education College in Wales intoAcculturation and Ethnic Identity of South Asian Adolescents.Two -thirds of applications came from individuals, about one-fifthfrom groups and the rest from organisations such as the NorthernSydney Area Health Service, the NSW Fruit & Vegetable Industry,the Newcastle Environment Toxicology Research Unit, theVolunteer Centre of NSW, the Research Centre for VocationalEducation & Training and the National Federation of Blind Citizensof Australia.Topics dealt with during 1997 could generally be categorised asfollows:Learning and TeachingFifty two applications were approved which related to : contextualeffects on children’s learning; a study of the teaching of ComputingStudies in NSW government high schools; the “gifted” label:impact on siblings of labelled children; an evaluation of the learningoutcomes in environmental science from a field based water qualityenvironmental unit; evaluation of the National Education Programof the Minerals Council of Australia; a study of teaching roles andpedagogical styles in the secondary drama classroom; process skillacquisition; conceptual learning and the decision-making oflearners; collaborative learning in mathematics classrooms andstudents’ conceptions in biology.Sociology/PsychologyTwenty three applications which involved topics under this broadheading were approved. Topics investigated included : familyprocesses and their influence on adolescent moral attitudes;loneliness in young children and length of daycare experience inan Australian context; adolescents and adults’ perceptions ofbehaviours identified in self-reported delinquency measures;community attitudes to careers in the defence force; adevelopmental study of automatic and intentional uses of memoriesof postevent suggestions; processes underlying children’srecognition and judgement; the acculturation and ethnic identityof south Asian adolescents and the national sample study on thesocial objectives of schooling.Special EducationEighteen applications were approved for research topics which fitthis category. Some of these were: evaluation of the disability andintegration program; an investigation of the legal, cultural, practicaland ethical issues consequent upon the emergence of sexual interestin children with acquired brain injury; music for children withspecial needs; an investigation into the encoding strategies usedby hearing impaired children, an investigation of programs andpractices for the education of children who are emotionallydisturbed and an evaluation of two models of intervention forstudents experiencing difficulty in acquiring literacy.MedicalSixteen approvals were given for research into medical topics: fatintervention in cystic fibrosis to promote energy intake andrationalise use of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy;prevalence of daytime urinary incontinence in primary schoolchildren; childhood diabetes screening program phase 2; relationbetween alternaria exposure and the severity of asthma; testicularcancer and testicular self-examination; brain biochemistry andcognition.Language/CultureTen applications received approval in this broad category: a studyof Japanese and English speakers; western Sydney Cook Islandcommunity students; adaptation of urban Aboriginal children tomainstream schooling; ethnicity and adolescent peer grouprelationships; use and preference of mother tongue and Englishamong recently arrived immigrants in Sydney; understandingschool culture as a tool for change; the impact of American cultureon Australia 1966-1996.Personal Development, Health & Physical EducationTen applications were approved for research topics in this area.They included: developing nutrient criteria for foods available inschool canteens; investigation into youth sport and skilldevelopment; physical activity levels in childhood; primary schoolusage of swimming/aquatic centres; school based health promotionaudit; a comparison of sporting, social and academic achievementof Year 10 elite athletes and non athletes.Other AreasTopics investigated also included student welfare (7 approvals),vocational education (7), teacher welfare (6), testing (5), technology(3), training and development (1), retention (1) and leadership (1).DSE Annual Report 1997 143
Page 1 and 2:
The Hon J J Aquilina MPMinister for
Page 3 and 4:
DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORTThe foll
Page 5 and 6:
DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORTthe expa
Page 7 and 8:
OUR LEGISLATIVE CONTEXTThe DSE oper
Page 9:
NSW Department of School EducationD
Page 12 and 13:
FINANCIAL OVERVIEWThe activities of
Page 14 and 15:
FINANCIAL OVERVIEWaccommodation or
Page 16 and 17:
FUTURE DIRECTIONS: AGENDA 98The pro
Page 18 and 19:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTLITERAC
Page 20 and 21:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTExample
Page 22 and 23:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTNUMERAC
Page 24 and 25:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTSTUDENT
Page 26 and 27:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTExcelle
Page 28 and 29:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTCITIZEN
Page 30 and 31:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTExample
Page 32 and 33:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTHIGHER
Page 34 and 35:
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTGovernm
Page 36 and 37:
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
Page 38 and 39:
Page 40 and 41:
Page 42 and 43:
Page 44 and 45:
Page 46 and 47:
Page 48 and 49:
Page 50 and 51:
Page 52 and 53:
Page 54 and 55:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONREP
Page 56 and 57:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONSTU
Page 58 and 59:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONPAR
Page 60 and 61:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONExa
Page 62:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONREP
Page 65 and 66:
PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONCom
Page 67 and 68:
school principal or directly to the
Page 69 and 70:
SAFE, CHALLENGING AND CREATIVE SCHO
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
School reports on theimplementation
Page 81 and 82:
A FAIR GO FOR ALLAboriginal Literac
Page 83 and 84:
A FAIR GO FOR ALLposters were distr
Page 85 and 86:
A FAIR GO FOR ALLTraining and Suppo
Page 87 and 88:
A FAIR GO FOR ALLprofessional devel
Page 89 and 90:
A FAIR GO FOR ALLThe communication
Page 91 and 92: Major processing improvementswere i
Page 93 and 94: MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESSOVERVIEW
Page 95 and 96: MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESSBasic Sk
Page 97 and 98: MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESSSpace199
Page 99 and 100: MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESSHIGHER S
Page 101 and 102: FINANCIAL STATEMENTSANDAPPENDICES
Page 103 and 104: DSE Annual Report 1997 103
Page 105 and 106: Department of School EducationOPERA
Page 107 and 108: CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIE
Page 109 and 110: Department of School EducationSUPPL
Page 111 and 112: Department of School EducationSUPPL
Page 113 and 114: $MIncome from• Global and Specifi
Page 115 and 116: The value of the liability for long
Page 117 and 118: (iv)Surplus PropertyProperty consid
Page 119 and 120: (v)Joint ArrangementsAs part of the
Page 121 and 122: Department of School EducationNOTES
Page 125 and 126: 8. TRANSFER PAYMENTSDepartment of S
Page 129 and 130: 17. OTHER PROVISIONSDepartment of S
Page 133 and 134: APPENDICESAppendix 1Senior Executiv
Page 135 and 136: APPENDICESThe Curriculum Directorat
Page 137 and 138: APPENDICESCreated a team approach t
Page 139 and 140: APPENDICESJohn Sutton, BA, Assistan
Page 141: APPENDICESPersonnel/Payroll Steerin
Page 145 and 146: APPENDICESPeriod ofVisitName and Po
Page 147 and 148: APPENDICESPeriod ofVisitName and Po
Page 149 and 150: APPENDICESKoreaIntensive Language S
Page 151 and 152: APPENDICESAppendix 9Major Capital W
Page 153 and 154: APPENDICESAppendix 10Annual Provisi
Page 155 and 156: APPENDICESInduction of Beginning Te
Page 157 and 158: APPENDICESNumber Title DateDG97.350
Page 159 and 160: APPENDICESPercent of Total Staff by
Page 161 and 162: APPENDICESFOI Requests Personal Non
Page 163 and 164: APPENDICESEnglish as a Second Langu
Page 165 and 166: APPENDICES• The Overseas Trained
Page 167 and 168: INDEXmission 2monitoring students p
show all

01 - Department of Education and Communities - NSW Government

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?