Volume 24, Number 2, June 2004 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized June 2004 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 26, Number 2, June 2006 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized June 2006 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Student engagement in the middle years: A year 8 case study

Various explanations and solutions have been proposed over the last ten years in relation to the ongoing problem of student lack of engagement with the middle years' curriculum in Australia. Identified contributors to this problem include an irrelevant or trivial curricular focus and ineffectual teaching and learning strategies. In this paper we report on a case study of a group of Year 8 teachers' beliefs and practices about what promotes or constrains this engagement. We found that while the teachers sought to introduce less directive approaches to topics, and were trying to encourage students' sense of task ownership and direction, they struggled to develop effective student self-regulatory practices. We conclude by identifying some practical strategies that support the growth of these practices as one aspect of student engagement

Volume 13, Number 1, March 1993 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized March 1993 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 16, Number 2, June 1996 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized June 1996 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 14, Number 3, June 1994 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized June 1994 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 26, Number 4, December 2006 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized December 2006 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 13, Number 3, September 1993 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized September 1993 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 14, Number 4, December 1994 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized December 1994 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

Volume 21, Number 4, December 2001 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized December 2001 issue of the OLAC Newsletter