This study is an exploration of the views of non-indigenous Australian tertiary educators (N = 22) on multiculturalism and its effects on Australian society. Thematic analysis was used to identify four dominant themes in interviews conducted with the participants. The results are discussed within the themes of Australian identity, attitudes toward multiculturalism, the role of education/educato...

Emerging trends in tertiary education have seen a shift in focus from teacher-centred to learner-centred education and an increase in the use of Web-based learning environments in teaching programmes. These changes have provided impetus for the development of frameworks of teaching and learning that can be used to inform the design and use of these learning environments. These frameworks are ba...

For many years now, there have been many who have agonised over the concept of a minimum computing skills level as an important outcome of schooling and education in general. Numerous terms have been used to describe this set of skills. The more familiar descriptions have included such terms as, computer awareness, computer literacy, information literacy, and information and communications tech...

This cross-sectional study evaluated knowledge and acceptability of prenatal diagnosis among 500 pregnant women at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Most participants were aged 25-34 years, self-employed, Muslim, monogamy, secondary school leavers, on income of < naira10,000.00 (US$ 67.00)/month. Attitudinal mean score was dependent on age (p = 0.006), educational attainment (p = 0.001),...

Plagiarism is a current and developing problem in the tertiary education sector where students access information and reproduce it as their own. It is identified as occurring in many tertiary level degrees including nursing and allied health profession degrees. Nursing specifically, is a profession where standards and ethics are required and honesty is paramount. The aim of this study was to ev...

The paper explores developments in the sphere of tertiary education in Russia during the period of socio-economic transformation. It is demonstrated that under market reforms deceptively positive tendency to educational expansion conceals rising inequality in access to education, quality erosion and increasing human capital mismatch thus reducing competitive advantage of Russia lying with natio...

This article gives a general framework for the understanding of the use of ICT in primary, secondary (vocational education excluded) and tertiary education in both Finland and Hong Kong. We describe the quantity and quality of ICT infrastructure and teachers’ skills and attitudes towards it. Based on various surveys and scientific research, the pedagogical use of ICT is also studied from the pu...

Distance education has for many years played an important role in the delivery of education to rural parts of Australia. Recent developments in information and communication technologies, together with the advent of federallyfunded open learningat the tertiary level, arechallenging traditional notions of distanceeducation in Australia. These developments have many implications for Australian ru...

This paper sets out the extent and defining characteristics of apprenticeship in Europe. Apprenticeship is then situated within the wider context of European provision for education and training of 16-19 year olds and a simple typology is proposed and explained. The German-speaking dual system countries are characterised as high employer commitment countries with minimal integration of apprenti...

This study addresses the mortality of the members of a learned society. Following the literature on the social gradient of mortality, members of a learned society should exhibit much lower death rates than other social groups. We use biographical records from the members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences between 1847 and 2005 and compare their mortality to Austrian life table death rates of t...