Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow +9 more
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From Willingness to Practice: A Person-Centered Study of Primary Teachers' Critical-Thinking Readiness and the Enactment Gap. [PDF]
J IntellQiang Z, Yi H, Wang Z.
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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Psychological and Behavioral Pathways from Perceived Teacher Support to School Belonging Among Vocational Students: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Liu J, Liu Y, Wang W.
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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The association between mental health literacy and positive coping strategies in junior high school students: evidence from a moderated mediation model. [PDF]
Front PsycholChen C, Zhu L, Zhao Y, Liu X.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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Contextual barriers and facilitators influencing implementation fidelity of school-based preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis: A qualitative study in two endemic districts in the Central Region, Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS OneMoshi H +3 more
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