The diligent reader may recall that, in the last Issue, I wrote that DETYA had commissioned three studies of the Impact of Educational Research, and suggested that results of this work might be available to readers by the end of 1999. This has not happened to date, but I hope that a consolidated report including the three studies will be available by the time you read this editorial. I believe the results of these studies, which focus particularly on research undertaken by university faculties/departments/schools of education, are important for the futures of Education in Australian universities. Hopefully I will be able to say more about this in the next Issue.
Turning now to this Issue -
The first paper by Buchanan and Khamis concerns teaching quality and more specifically its development through peer interactions. Although quality teaching is an issue of perennial importance, it is particularly relevant now with increasing evidence indicating that teaching is second only to individual student ability in determining the cognitive outcomes of schooling. The recent evidence comes from very large school accountability and improvement studies which show that teaching quality is of far greater importance than school attended for student learning.
The paper by Harslett, Harrison, Godfrey, Partington and Richer first explores collaborative research with Indigenous people, in particular research objectives, methodology and interpretation of data. It then goes on to describe the processes involved in a particular study being undertaken jointly by Edith Cowan University and the Education Department of Western Australia. I believe it is timely that the issues considered be exposed to this wider audience.
The initial education of music teachers is the concern of Leong at this time of emphasis on outcomes based education. Two consecutive studies are reported in his paper, the studies being an appropriate mix of questionnaire survey and case study research methodologies. Leong concludes that more needs to be done for novice music teachers in Australia to assist them to meet their workplace requirements and to retain them in teaching.
The identification and treatment of particular problems in the education of boys is a topic of increasing interest in Australian education. The paper by West takes this issue head on by first considering definitions of masculinities. West goes on to report an interview study of boys and sport focussing on family relationships and motivation to study.
Unfortunately there are no literature reviews included in this Issue. We hope to remedy that in the second number of this volume.
Sid Bourke
Editor
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