Completed Projects (2017)
| Project Title | Lead/Funding Body | Researchers | Completion Details | Project Information | Link to Related Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellbeing Education for Educators | CERC | Jason Hinze,Darren Morton | 2017-2018 | A report of a 10 week wellbeing intervention with a cohort of Christian college students | Teach Journal 11(2) |
| Attrition of beginning teachers (Valuing Early Career Teachers: Putting the Brakes on the Exodus) | Adventist Schools Australia | Marion Shields South Western Adventist University Donna Berkner | 2017-2018 | This project surveyed early career teachers in ASA schools from the 2013, 2014 & 2015 Avondale teaching graduates. Administrative support, induction and orientation experiences including mentoring were explored and participants were able to share experiences that needed to improve; valuable experiences and make suggestions for both ASA and Avondale. | Teach Journal 12(1) |
| Primary pre-service teachers' perceptions of course related factors that enhance instructional self-efficacy | CERC | Bev Christian | 2017 | Pre-service teachers were asked their perceptions of course related factors that increased their instructional self-efficacy. | Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 42(2) |
| Nature-based learning in Christian schools: Essential element or optional extra? | CERC | Bev Christian | 2017 | This research explores the relationship between nature-based learning and the aims of Christian education, with specific reference to student wellbeing, spirituality and stewardship. | Teach Journal 11(1) |
| Learning thresholds: A journey in online learning and teaching | CERC | David Wilson, Peter Williams, Warrick Long, Maria Northcote | 2017 | This research explores the three dominant domains of learning thresholds for tertiary business educators as they transitioned their teaching from a face-to-face mode of content delivery to an online/blended content delivery format. | Teach Journal 11(1) |
| Old school or cutting edge? An examination of Ellen White’s view on education from a best practice twenty-first century viewpoint. | CERC | Peter Kilgour, Bev Christian | 2017 | A study of how 21st Century pedagogies align with the counsel of Mrs White from 1903. | Teach Journal 11(2) |
| Are Christian schools really Christian? Perceptions of final year pre-service teachers in Australia | CERC | Bev Christian, Peter Beamish | 2017 | What do pre-service teachers have to say about the Christian schools they have experienced? | Teach Journal 12(2) |
| Aust Govt Funding of Adventist Schools | CERC | Peter Kilgour, Tony Williams | 2017 | A history of the introduction of and reactions to government funding of Adventist schools in Australia | Chapter of a Book published by Avondale Academic Press |
| Solomon Island Govt Funding of Adventist Schools | CERC | Peter Kilgour, JosephPitakia | 2017 | A history of the introduction of and reactions to government funding of Adventist schools in the Solomon Islands. | Chapter of a Book published by Avondale Academic Press |