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Trauma-Aware Education
Potential projects in the area of Trauma-Aware Education include:The responses of schools and early childhood services to address the impacts of trauma on children and young peopleMitigating the impacts of trauma on children and young people
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
- School
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
Enhancing sonographer work-integrated learning: balancing quality training with workforce demands and student well-being
Sonographers, highly skilled healthcare professionals responsible for essential diagnostic ultrasound services, are currently facing a severe nationwide shortage. The Australasian Sonographers Association reported a deficit of at least 3,000 sonographers in 2019. Training new sonographers involves comprehensive work-integrated learning (WIL), which blends academic knowledge with structured real-world experiences to develop vital clinical skills. However, due to escalating workforce demands, concerns have arisen about potential exploitation of students within workplaces. This exploitation could involve assigning tasks exceeding their capabilities or subjecting …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Clinical Sciences
An identity-based approach to entrepreneurial education
Entrepreneurs are motivated by their passion to create solutions. How they define themselves shape the purpose of their start up and influence their decision matrix on a daily basis. This research program aims to design and evaluate various development approaches to support entrepreneurs journey.
- Study level
- PhD
- School
- School of Management
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Future Enterprise
NURS05 - Recognising the registered nurse’s educator role in clinical nursing practice: a scoping review
An important role for the Australian registered nurse (RN) is meeting the educational needs of patients in their care. Classically the nurse’s educational role has been linked to nursing practice activities such as discharge planning, health promotion and empowering the patient to make informed choices in relation to their health care.More recently however, clinical models of practice such as preceptorship, mentorship, advocacy, delegation and team leadership roles have also been recognised for their educational components within the clinical practice environment. …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Nursing
The role of childhood social-emotional learning competencies in adolescent health, education, and justice outcomes
This project aims to determine the relationship of childhood social-emotional competencies (particularly those developed by school-based social-emotional learning programs) with adolescent health, education, and justice outcomes. The project uses data from the NSW Child Development Study, a longitudinal study following the development of 91,597 children in NSW from birth.
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Psychology and Counselling
Art and Drama
Projects in this topic area include:Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in arts educationUsing embodied learning through guided re-enactment and drama pedagogy in high school settings
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
- School
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
University student-run record labels: An interdisciplinary approach
This research project seeks to understand how student record labels might better prepare students for entrepreneurial and freelance careers in the music industry. The research also aims to conduct an international study on student-run record labels in order to open up an international, inter-institutional conversation around best practice.
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
- School
- School of Creative Practice
Enhancing the quality of teaching in Universities: Measuring the impact of professional development and recognition schemes (such as HEA Fellowship) on University Educators and Students
Enhancing the quality of teaching in Universities: Measuring the impact of professional development and recognition schemes (such as HEA Fellowship) on University Educators and Students
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
- School
- School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Gender, leadership and performance in higher education industry
Institutions of higher learning are essential for supplying any economy with high-quality labour and innovations. Also, these institutions are crucial to actively achieving the objectives of inclusive and sustainable development. These organisations have adapted more inclusive and sustainable development practices over time; particularly, the leadership team now has a higher percentage of female members. Rarely is there literature on how adjustments to these strategies and leadership have an impact on institutional performance. This study fills in this knowledge gap to …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours, Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Law
- School
- School of Economics and Finance
CCNR01 - Where do primary and secondary school teachers learn about nutrition and self-care?
Children in Australia are not consuming high quality diets, impacting on their ability to learn and grow. There is general agreement that schools provide an ideal setting to teach children and young people about nutrition and health. However, implementation is determined by teacher capacity. A recent review found teachers’ with low self-rated health and low nutrition knowledge are less likely to be motivated and confident to teach or role model nutrition in the classroom. A survey of primary school teachers …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Where do primary and secondary school teachers learn about nutrition and self-care?
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
- School
- School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education
PHSW02 - Effectiveness of disaster education with CALD communities: A review of co-design challenges and benefits
Disaster education is a broad field closely associated with disaster communication and messaging. However, concerns are growing about the effectiveness of methods used to communicate with communities and educate them about disaster risk reduction. 'Co-design' is increasingly utilised to minimise the limitations of the conventional methods and maximise the community engagement and behavioural change. This proposed literature review will assess the effectiveness, challenges and benefits of the co-design approach as used in disaster education and communication with CALD communities. A …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Public Health and Social Work
- Research centre(s)
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Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
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