Completed Projects (2019)
| Project Title | Lead/Funding Body | Researchers | Completion Details | Project Information | Link to Related Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current and ideal performance appraisal: Employee perceptions in an Australian faith-based education system | CERC | Peter Williams | 2019 | This research discusses performance appraisal in an education system context. With teacher quality key to improving student performance, school education systems must consider the role of performance appraisal on both teacher and principal development and improvement. This research describes the perceptions of employees within a faith-based education system as to current and suggested improvements in performance appraisal processes. | Teach Journal 13(1) |
| Revealing Jesus in the Learning Environment: Experiences of Christian Educators | CERC | Editors: Peter Kilgour, Beverly Christian | 2019 | A wide-ranging book filled with chapters that capture different styles and methods of teachers at any level from school to university and how they show Jesus to the students in any learning environment – whether it be the classroom, the lecture theatre, the workshop, the studio, or outdoor. | Book published by Avondale Academic Press |
| The Relationship Between School Climate and Faith Engagement | CERC | Kevin Petrie, Allyson Allen, Keith Zullig Avondale School David McClintock, Garry Marsters, Peter Lindsay | 2019 | This study analyses data from 368 students in one faith-based school in Australia, utilising self-reported measures of school climate and faith engagement. A significant relationship is found between these variables, indicating the potential impact that school climate and faith engagement may have on each other. | Book Chapter |
| Faith Engagement at School | CERC | Kevin Petrie, Allyson Allen, Keith Zullig Avondale School David McClintock, Garry Marsters, Peter Lindsay | 2019 | This study analysed qualitative data collected from 368 Year 5–12 students from one faith-based school in Australia. Students reported on the key areas they believe assist in developing their faith, in addition to aspects they believe could be improved in this regard. | Book Chapter |
| Revealing Jesus Through Teacher Relationships: How Educators’ Relationships Impact the Ethos of the Learning Environment | CERC | Bev Christian | 2019 | This chapter draws on data from original qualitative research to explore the nature of the relationships which may contribute to an educational learning environment with a Christian ethos. | Book Chapter |
| When Rock Becomes Fire: Heart-centred Work and the Holy Ground of Teaching | CERC | Carolyn Rickett | 2019 | This chapter explores the role that relationships play in revealing Jesus in the learning environment. | Book Chapter |
| Letting Jesus Reveal Himself: The Use of CHAT Methodology in the Christian Learning Environment | CERC | Peter Kilgour | 2019 | Viewing Jesus as the master teacher, this chapter investigates the pedagogies used by Him in teaching individual New Testament characters. The article aimed to focus on the interactions Jesus had with two of these characters and analysed them in light of each’s specific culture and history. | Book Chapter |
| The Challenge | CERC | Marion Shields | 2019 | The inclusion of students with disabilities does not have a strong record of implementation within Christian Schools. This chapter briefly recounts the history that led to the legislation mandating inclusion, and discusses the very real issues that concern teachers and parents today. Nine research-based strategies are described in detail, which provide solutions to the challenges faced in inclusive classrooms. | Book Chapter |
| Teaching the Book of Revelation to Millennials and Gen Y | CERC | Kayle de Waal | 2019 | This chapter examines the challenge of interpreting the symbolism and the use of antecedent literature in the book of Revelation as a “discussion starter” that focuses on Millennial and Gen Y assumptions about the book. | Book Chapter |
| Head, Hand & Heart: Attitude Change in Pre-service Teachers. | CERC | Marion Shields | 2019 | Within the field of education, the literature indicates a resistance by teachers to having children with special needs in their classes, despite its mandated status. This project assesses the attitudes of pre-service primary and secondary teachers towards the inclusion of students with special needs both before and after a unit on inclusion. | International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal. 14(1) |
| Christian Early Childhood Educational Leadership: A Grounded Theory | CERC | Marion Shields | 2019 | This research project explored the beliefs, values and practices of four leaders of CEECCs in New South Wales, Australia from four different denominational groups. | Avondale Theses PHD |