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TEACH Table of Contents: Volume 1 Number 1
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| AUTHORS | ARTICLES |
| Editorial | |
| Wilf Rieger | What does it mean to be a Christian teacher in the modern world? (142kb) Christian teachers have a vision of hope that transforms contemporary lifestyles and enriches relationships. |
| Teaching and Professional Practice | |
| Barbara Fisher | Can reading adventure packs (RAPs) complement and enrich the literacy program in your classroom? (168kb) The implementation and outcomes of an "early years" literacy program in the home that involved family members and a novel set of reading resource materials. |
| Arthur Winzenried & Mal Lee | Implementing interactive whiteboards. What can we learn? (152kb) Helpful pointers from case studies about the benefits of interactive whiteboards, and the process of introducing them in schools. |
| David Stafford | A "benevolent Trojan horse": Sacred values in a secular setting (148kb) An architect discusses how creative professionals may contribute to the mission of the Christian Church. Drawing on personal experiences as illustrations and using a metaphor as a frame, he describes the "penetration" of a professional area ordinarily inaccessible to the Gospel. |
| Babara James | Growing with early childhood education (112kb) Through posing a question and making room on her bookshelves, the writer becomes conscious of the changes that have affected not only early childhood education, but also herself. |
| Jenny Gibbons | The gateway to learning (204kb) An account of, and reasons for, establishing a composite class with a different learning culture; one that emphasises independence, academic success, responsibility, organisational and social skills, and community service. |
| Educational Administration | |
| Travis Manners & Peter Morey | Educational administrators: Leaders or managers? (148kb) What is the difference between leadership and management? What is the role and function of leaders and managers and how does each group cope with change? Readers are challenged to consider a solution to the apparent dichotomy. |
| Research and Scholarship | |
| Marion Shields | "Can I last the distance?" Stress and school leadership (192kb) A research study that examined whether principals in a Christian school system perceived they experienced work-related stress, and if so, the nature and extent of the stress. Principals also reported on their perceived role satisfaction. |
| Pauline Potter | Teacher action research that examined student study skills needs in a Solomon Islands secondary college. The study focused on three areas: Prior study habits; existing, ineffective study habits; and the impact of a study skills intervention program. |
| Ronald J. Green & Cedric E. Greive | Factors that influence the desire to become teachers of technology: An Australian study (236kb) Researchers collected data from 337 pre-service teachers enrolled in Technology Teacher Education Programs, in eight tertiary institutions. Strategies for promoting technology teaching and increasing TTEP student intake are proposed, based on the findings. |
| Arthur Patrick | Christianity and a "good society" in Australia: A first Response to Stuart Piggin's Murdoch Lecture (168kb) Responding to a challenge to focus the values of Christianity toward making 21st century Australia a "good society", the author charts the directions for a projected three-part series, framed by the typology of theologian H. Richard Niebuhr. |
| Reflections, Impressions and Experiences | |
| Jerry Unser | STORM Co: An introduction to adventure in service (368kb) An outline of the philosophy underpinning the program that sends teams of trained young people to work for, learn from and encourage individual communities, sharing God's love through service. |
| Bruce Manners | STORM Co programs change lives (132kb) An eye-witness report on recent STORM Co teams in action; including community responses. |
| Elia Krevar | Teens tank up with spiritual 'fuel' (156kb) Young people leading out in spiritual programs. |
| Melissa Petersen | You walk away each day feeling content (116kb) Personal encounters with God in life and in the classroom. |
| Janita Bond & Michelle Long | Thailand Diary (176kb) Extracts from the diary of two recent Avondale College graduates who are teaching as volunteers in a refugee camp in Thailand. |
| Marilyn Hansen | Book Review: Teachers behaving badly? Dilemmas for school leaders (120kb) The authors raise ethical dilemmas that apply to all teachers, but may be of particular significance to administrators and beginning teachers. |
| John Watts | Book Review: Supporting mathematical thinking (120kb) An informative source for teaching mathematics in K-6 and lower Secondary classrooms. |
| Lyn Daff | Book Review: Teacher well-being (120kb) Teachers need to look after their health; a self-help book with a smorgasbord of tips and ideas. |
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