Puke Ariki This is the web site of Puke Ariki, a museum, library and heritage visitor centre for Taranaki. The site provides information about this 'knowledge centre' that houses a full public library, museum and visitor information centre, and provides digital access to some of the resources on New Zealand history available there. The site also contains comprehensive information about the centre itself and its facilities, resources and exhibitions. The main focus of the online content is the Taranaki Stories that provide biographies and oral histories of important historical individuals. These From New Humbul Resources on September 15, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
24 hour museum : city heritage guides The 24 Hour Museum publishes these City Heritage Guides, commissioned by Culture Online to highlight the history of key cities and encourage their exploration. The guides cover ten cities in the UK; Birmingham, Brighton & Hove, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Norwich, and for each contains news, local history, heritage city trails and venues and listings. There is also a space on the site called Storymaker where users can add their own thoughts and opinions and contribute to the content of the city guides. (Institute of Historical Research (IHR)) From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 6:30 a.m..
Beyond Brain Drain: Mobility, Competitiveness & Scientific Excellence This report summarises the exploration and analysis of issues relating to the retention of skilled professionals in Australia, which were the focus of an international, high-level workshop held by the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) in February 2004. From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 6:30 a.m..
Education at a Glance OECD Indicators 2004 The focus of the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance is on the quality of learning outcomes, the policy levers and contextual factors that shape these outcomes, and the broader private and social returns that accrue to investments in education. For the first time, the publication also provides indicators on how the labour market returns to education have evolved over time as education systems have expanded. Decision-making in schools is becoming more decentralised as the education systems of OECD countries move away from centralised command systems based on government edicts and adapt to the From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 6:30 a.m..
Government Education Portal - Events This site provides access to information about upcoming events relevant to the Australian education and training community. Searches of events can be restricted to a particular location, date, keyword or education sector. From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 6:30 a.m..
Staying on at school: Improving student retention in Australia The Queensland Department of Education and the Arts, with funding from the National Fund for Educational Research, commissioned research into the factors that influence student retention and the policy implications. The research project included a major literature review, survey of 24 schools, interviews with policy staff in each jurisdiction, and sophisticated statistical analysis. The report contains models of student retention to measure the impact of factors shaping student retention and differences across States and Territories, and discussion of the policy implications and policy options From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 6:30 a.m..
Western Australian College of Teaching The College of Teaching represents all members of the Western Australian teaching profession. It is an independent professional body. The College has a legislated mandate to maximise support for the teaching profession in WA classrooms, to enhance the status of the profession and to undertake a regulatory function by registering all teachers working in WA. From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..
Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association The Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (IIZ/DVV) operates nationally and internationally. It has been cooperating for 30 years with state, civil society and university partner organisations engaged in adult education in nearly all parts of the world. IIZ/DVV supports adult education projects in developing countries and fosters professional interchange and project cooperation in industrialised countries. This website contains information about IIZ/DVV's projects and activities plus issues of their online journal, 'Adult Education and Deve From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..
Matapihi A National Digital Forum initiative hosted by the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. The site is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations. Users can search around 50,000 photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture, 3-d virtual museum objects, sound files and textual items. Geography, history, the natural environment, people and events are featured. Moving images will also be added in the future. From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
myfuture.edu.au: Career Facilitator Guide The myfuture career development facilitators guide has been developed for career development facilitators (including careers teachers, teachers from a range of departments in a school, VET teachers and coordinators, counsellors and community-based organisations), to support utilising the broad range of resources available in myfuture. From EdNA Online on September 15, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..
Arab Culture and Civilization The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education has developed this site, with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as a resource for all who would develop a better understanding of the Arab world. While our principal audience is the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the liberal arts colleges served by NITLE, the site is open to all visitors. The materials comprising the site are organized thematically into a set of ten modules, each of which contains a variety of original texts, video clips and audio files from online and print sources. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 14, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
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